1823

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s

Years: 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 - 1823 - 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Heads of state in 1823

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 Wilhelm Olbers.

Year in topic

• 1823 in literature
• 1823 in science

Births

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

Deaths

• January 26 - Edward Jenner, inventor of the vaccine (* 1749)
• February 7 - Ann Radcliffe, writer (* 1764)
• September 11 - David Ricardo, economist (* 1772)

Heads of state in 1823

• Ottoman Empire - Mahmud II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
• Prussia - Frederick William III King of Prussia (1797-1840)
• Russia - Alexander I Tsar of Russia (1801-1825)\n