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1823

Years: 1820 1821 1822 - 1823 - 1824 1825 1826

Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1823 in art 1823 in literature 1823 in science 1823 in music 1823 in sports List of state leaders in 1823 List of religious leaders in 1823

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• July 15 - San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire
• September 10 - Simón Bolívar named President of Peru
• December 2 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the United States Congress, announcing a new policy of forbidding European interference in the Americas and establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts (this would later be called the Monroe Doctrine)
• December 23 - A Visit From St. Nicholas, attributed to Clement Moore, is first published
• Ferdinand VII revokes Spanish Constitution of 1812 and restores absolute monarchy
• The Olbers' paradox is described by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers.

Births

• January 8 - Alfred Russel Wallace, naturalist and biologist (d. 1913)
• February 27 - Ernest Renan, Professor of Old Testament in the Collège de France (d. 1892)
• March 20 - Ned Buntline, "dime novelist", publisher, writer, publicist (d. 1886)
• March 23 - Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
• April 3 - William Marcy Tweed, political boss (d. 1878)
• April 23 - Abd-ul-Mejid, future Ottoman sultan (d. 1861)
• June 21 - Jean Chacornac, astronomer (d. 1873)
• August 13 - Goldwin Smith, historian (d. 1910)
• December 6 - Friedrich Max Müller, Orientalist (d. 1900)

Deaths

• January 26 - Edward Jenner, inventor of the vaccine (b. 1749)
• February 7 - Ann Radcliffe, writer (b. 1764)
• August 20 - Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• September 11 - David Ricardo, economist (b. 1772)

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