May 15
Today In History

Birthdays In History 1823

1823 Sándor Petőfi Hungarian poet and activist (d. 1849)

1823 Friedrich von Esmarch German surgeon and academic (d. 1908)

1823 Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist (d. 1924)

1823 José María Iglesias Mexican politician and interim President (d. 1891)

1823 George Caron Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1902)

1823 Katsu Kaishū Japanese statesman (d. 1899)

1823 Théodore de Banville French poet and critic (d. 1891)

1823 William Henry Monk English organist and composer (d. 1889)

1823 Antoine Chanzy French general (d. 1883)

1823 Arthur Blyth English-Australian politician 9th Premier of South Australia (d. 1891)

1823 Schuyler Colfax American journalist and politician 17th Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)

1823 Mary Boykin Chesnut American author (d. 1886)

1823 Simon Bolivar Buckner American general and politician 30th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1891)

1823 George Derby American lieutenant and journalist (d. 1861)

1823 William M. Tweed American politician (d. 1878)

1823 Joseph Medill Canadian-American publisher and politician 26th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1899)

1823 Alexander Ostrovsky Russian playwright and translator (d. 1886)

1823 Gotthold Eisenstein German mathematician and academic (d. 1852)

1823 Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada Mexican politician President of Mexico (d. 1889)

1823 John H. Balsley American carpenter and inventor (d. 1895)

1823 Gédéon Ouimet Canadian lawyer and politician 2nd Premier of Quebec (d. 1905)

1823 Jean Chacornac French astronomer (d. 1873)

1823 Ahmed Vefik Pasha Greek-Ottoman statesman diplomat playwright and translator (d. 1891)

1823 Sophie Adlersparre Swedish publisher writer and women's rights activist (d. 1895)

1823 Louis-Napoléon Casault Canadian lawyer judge and politician (d. 1908)

1823 Leander Clark American businessman judge and politician (d. 1910)

1823 Alexandre-Antonin Taché Canadian archbishop and missionary (d. 1894)

1823 Thomas Francis Meagher Irish-American revolutionary and military leader territorial governor of Montana (d. 1867)

1823 Hugh Stowell Brown English minister and reformer (d. 1886)

1823 Goldwin Smith English-Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)

1823 Nathaniel Everett Green English painter and astronomer (d. 1899)

1823 Galusha A. Grow American lawyer and politician 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1907)

1823 Joseph Leidy American paleontologist and academic (d. 1891)

1823 Francis Parkman American historian and author (d. 1893)

1823 Ludwik Teichmann Polish anatomist (d. 1895)

1823 John Colton English-Australian politician 13th Premier of South Australia (d. 1902)

1823 Alexandre Cabanel French painter and educator (d. 1889)

1823 James Service Scottish-Australian politician 12th Premier of Victoria (d. 1899)

1823 La Fayette Grover American lawyer and politician 4th Governor of Oregon (d. 1911)

1823 Max Müller German-English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)

1823 Leopold Kronecker Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1891)

1823 Édouard Lalo French violinist and composer (d. 1892)

1823 Charles I of Württemberg (d. 1891)

1823 Thomas Spencer Baynes English philosopher and critic (d. 1887)

1823 Frederick Weld English-New Zealand politician 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)

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Died - Jun 05,1893

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