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

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 - Sim�n Bol�var 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

Births

January 8 - Alfred Russel Wallace, naturalist and biologist († 1913)
February 27 - Ernst Renan, Professor of Old Testament in the Coll�ge 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 M�ller, 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