3rd January » Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
2nd July » Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with Siege of Salvador known as the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
15th July » A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome called Rome, Italy.
24th July » In Maracaibo, Venezuela the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla, defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.
10th September » Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
22nd September » Joseph Smith states he found the Golden plates on this date after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
12th October » Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.
2nd December » Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union address or State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
23rd December » 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', also known as 'The Night Before Christmas', is published anonymously.
Famous Birthdays in 1823
1st January » Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and activist (d. 1849)
8th January » Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English geographer, biologist, and explorer (d. 1913)
9th January » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon (d. 1908)
21st January » Imre Madách, Hungarian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1864)
27th January » Édouard Lalo, French composer (d. 1892)
28th February » Ernest Renan, French philosopher (d. 1892)
4th March » George Caron, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1902)
14th March » Théodore de Banville, French poet (d. 1891)
16th March » William Henry Monk, English organist and composer (d. 1889)
18th March » Antoine Chanzy, French general (d. 1883)
19th March » Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (d. 1914)
23rd March » Schuyler Colfax, American politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
24th March » Thomas Spencer Baynes, English philosopher and critic (d. 1887)
31st March » Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (d. 1886)
1st April » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky (d.1891)
3rd April » George Derby, American lieutenant (d. 1861)
3rd April » William M. Tweed, American politician (d. 1878)
6th April » Joseph Medill, Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1899)
12th April » Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (d. 1886)
16th April » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician (d. 1852)
23rd April » Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1861)
22nd May » Solomon Bundy, American politician (d. 1889)
22nd May » Isabella Glyn, English actress (d. 1889)
29th May » John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor (d. 1895)
2nd June » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (d. 1905)
21st June » Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
30th June » Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian businessman (d. 1901)
10th July » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1908)
17th July » Leander Clark, American businessman and politician (d. 1910)
23rd July » Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (d. 1894)
10th August » Hugh Stowell Brown, English minister (d. 1886)
13th August » Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)
9th September » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist (d. 1891)
16th September » Francis Parkman, American historian and author (d. 1893)
28th September » Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator (d. 1889)
6th December » Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)
7th December » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1891)
27th December » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1917)
Famous Deaths in History for 1823
5th January » George Johnston (New South Wales) named George Johnston, Scottish military officer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
14th January » Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760)
21st January » Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (b. 1761)
26th January » Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)
7th February » Ann Radcliffe, English author (b. 1764)
10th March » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral (d. 1746)
14th March » Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b. 1739)
14th March » John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral (b. 1735)
18th March » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
7th April » Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1746)
10th April » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (b. 1757)
1st June » Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general (b. 1770)