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1823
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1823 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1823
MDCCCXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita |
2576 |
| Armenian calendar |
1272
ԹՎ ՌՄՀԲ |
| Chinese calendar |
4519 – 4520
壬午 – 癸未 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1815 – 1816 |
| Hebrew calendar |
5583 – 5584 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1878 – 1879 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1745 – 1746 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4924 – 4925 |
| Iranian calendar |
1201 – 1202 |
| Islamic calendar |
1239 – 1240 |
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
- September 28 - Pope Leo XII succeeds Pope Pius VII as the 250th pope.
- 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.
- Jackson Male Academy founded in Tennessee, which was a precurser to the later Union University that is still located in Tennessee.
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 10 - Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d.1886)
- 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
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