Notable Birthdays - 1823
1823 Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849) |
Jan 1 |
Sándor Petöfi, Petöfi '73 |
Jan 3 |
Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer |
Jan 4 |
Otto van Rees, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1884-88) |
Jan 4 |
Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 |
Jan 5 |
William Rockstro, composer |
Jan 8 |
Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution) |
Jan 21 |
Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer |
Jan 21 |
Imre Madách, Angyali üdvözlet |
Jan 27 |
Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole) |
Jan 27 |
Edouard Lalo, Wings |
Jan 29 |
Franklin Gardner, Major General (Confederate Army) |
Feb 3 |
Spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station) |
Feb 7 |
Richard Genee, composer |
Feb 7 |
Richard Genée, Die Fledermaus |
Feb 15 |
Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton |
Feb 15 |
Hung-chang Li, Li Hung Chang, 5th Avenue & 55th Street, N.Y. |
Feb 16 |
John Daniel Imboden, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 |
Feb 27 |
Ferdinand Van Derveer, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 |
Feb 27 |
William Buel Franklin, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 |
Feb 28 |
Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion |
Mar 3 |
Guyla Andressy Sr, premier of Hungary (1867-71) |
Mar 10 |
John B. Dykes, The Perfect Storm |
Mar 12 |
William Flank Perry, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 |
Mar 14 |
Roswell Sabine Ripley, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 |
Mar 14 |
Théodore de Banville, French writer (d. 1891) |
Mar 14 |
Théodore de Banville, Casimir poète |
Mar 16 |
William Henry Monk, composer |
Mar 16 |
William H. Monk, 28 Days Later... |
Mar 19 |
Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82) |
Mar 19 |
Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria d. 1914 |
Mar 20 |
John Echols, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 |
Mar 20 |
Ned Buntline, American publisher (d. 1886) |
Mar 23 |
Schuyler Colfax, (R) 17th VP (1869-73) |
Mar 25 |
William Thompson Martin, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 |
Mar 27 |
Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) |
Mar 30 |
Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 |
Apr 1 |
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914 |
Apr 3 |
William Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss (NYC) |
Apr 4 |
Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) |
Apr 4 |
Robert Byington Mitchell, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) |
Apr 6 |
Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune) |
Apr 10 |
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) |
Apr 12 |
Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers) |
Apr 12 |
Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, A Cruel Romance |
Apr 16 |
Mother Joseph, [Esther Pariseau], religious leader (US capitol) |
Apr 16 |
Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1907 |
Apr 16 |
Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (d. 1852) |
Apr 22 |
Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868 |
Apr 23 |
Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861) |
Apr 30 |
George JD Campbell, Scottish/Brit Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85) |
May 5 |
James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 |
May 10 |
John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900 |
May 11 |
Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter |
May 17 |
Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer |
May 22 |
Solomon Bundy, American politician (d. 1889) |
May 22 |
Isabella Glyn Dallas, British Shakepearean actress (d. 1889) |
May 27 |
John Gray Foster, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 |
May 29 |
John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895) |
Jun 2 |
Gédéon Ouimet, French Canadian politician (d. 1905) |
Jun 5 |
George Thorndike Angell, Mass, lawyer (ASPCA) |
Jun 11 |
James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 |
Jun 13 |
Gustave Paul Cluseret, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 |
Jun 17 |
John Henry Hobart Ward, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 |
Jun 20 |
Jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 |
Jun 21 |
Edward Elmer Potter, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 |
Jun 21 |
Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873) |
Jun 25 |
James Dunwody Bulloch, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1901 |
Jun 26 |
Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer |
Jun 28 |
Jules Adenis, La jolie fille de Perth |
Jun 30 |
Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer/dramatist (2 Tudors) |
Jun 30 |
Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901) |
Jul 16 |
James Isham Gilbert, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) |
Jul 18 |
Leonard Fulton Ross, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 |
Jul 19 |
George Henry Gordon, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) |
Jul 23 |
Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore, English poet |
Aug 3 |
Thomas Francis Meagher, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 |
Aug 3 |
Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, El Barberillo de Lavapiés |
Aug 4 |
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 |
Aug 7 |
Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer |
Aug 8 |
Theodule Augustin Ribot, painter |
Aug 9 |
Daniel Marsh Frost, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 |
Aug 10 |
Charles Keene, Hornsey, artist |
Aug 10 |
Charles Thomas Campbell, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) |
Aug 10 |
Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d.1886) |
Aug 10 |
Gonçalves Dias, Delicate Crime |
Aug 11 |
Charlotte Mary Yonge, England, writer (Heir of Redclyffe) |
Aug 13 |
Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910) |
Aug 14 |
Karel Miry, composer |
Aug 15 |
Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) |
Aug 18 |
Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian |
Aug 25 |
John Newton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 |
Aug 26 |
Wilhelm Troszel, composer |
Aug 31 |
Galusha Aaron Grow, MC (Union), died in 1907 |
Sep 10 |
Adolf von Doss, composer |
Sep 16 |
Francis Parkman, American historian/author (Oregon Trail) |
Sep 16 |
Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Serbia |
Sep 25 |
Thomas John Wood, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 |
Sep 26 |
Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh) |
Sep 28 |
Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889) |
Oct 5 |
Feliks Jaronski, composer |
Oct 9 |
Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers |
Oct 13 |
Immanuel Faisst, composer |
Oct 20 |
Thomas Hughes, England, author (Tom Brown's School Days) |
Oct 21 |
Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer |
Oct 26 |
Karl Weinhold, German sociologist |
Nov 4 |
Karel Komzak, composer |
Nov 9 |
William Henry Forney, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 |
Nov 14 |
Robert J Fruin, historian (80 year war) |
Nov 22 |
Nathan Kimball, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898 |
Nov 25 |
Joseph Alexander Cooper, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910 |
Nov 26 |
Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer |
Nov 30 |
Brewster M. Higley, Raising Arizona |
Dec 1 |
Ernest Reyer, composer |
Dec 6 |
Friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900) |
Dec 7 |
Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker) |
Dec 10 |
Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, Neukirchen, German composer |
Dec 10 |
Wilhelm Kuhe, composer |
Dec 11 |
Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer |
Dec 12 |
Wladyslaw Ludwik Anczyc, The Pianist |
Dec 15 |
Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer |
Dec 21 |
Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders) |
Dec 23 |
Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer |
Dec 25 |
Preston Smith, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 |
Dec 27 |
Mackenzie Bowell, Rickinghall England, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (1894-1896) |
Dec 28 |
Thomas Alexander Scott, Asst Secy War (Union), died in 1881 |
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