1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).

Events

• February 3 - First representation of Gioacchino Rossini's Semiramide
• July 15 - Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire
• September 10 - Simón Bolívar named President of Peru
• December 2 - Monroe Doctrine: USA separates the spheres of influence between Europe and the Americas.
• Ferdinand VII revokes the Spanish Constitution of 1812 and restores absolute monarchy (See also Mid-nineteenth century Spain)
• The Olbers' paradox is described by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers.

Births

• January 1 - Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
• January 8 - Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (d. 1913)
• January 27 - Edouard Lalo, French composer (d. 1892)
• February 27 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher and writer (d. 1892)
• March 14 - Théodore de Banville, French writer (d. 1891)
• March 20 - Ned Buntline, American publisher, writer, and publicist (d. 1886)
• March 23 - Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
• April 3 - William Marcy Tweed, American political boss (d. 1878)
• April 23 - Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861)
• June 21 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
• August 13 - Goldwin Smith, English historian (d. 1910)
• December 6 - Friedrich Max Müller, German Orientalist (d. 1900)
• James Black, American temperance movement leader (d 1893)

Deaths

• January 26 - Edward Jenner, English physician and medical researcher (b. 1749)
• February 7 - Ann Radcliffe, English writer (b. 1764)
• March 14 - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b. 1739)
• June 1 - Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770)
• August 20 - Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• August 22 - Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)
• September 11 - David Ricardo, English economist (b. 1772)
• September 23 - Matthew Baillie, Scottish physician and pathologist (b. 1761)

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