Significant Events
- Jul 2 Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia
- Dec 2 President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine", a US foreign policy regarding Latin America
World Leaders in 1823
James Monroe
5th US PresidentLouis XVIII
King of FranceRobert Jenkinson
British Prime Minister
Famous People in 1823
Franz Schubert
ComposerLudwig van Beethoven
Composer
Famous Deaths
- Jan 5 Major George Johnston, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
- Jan 17 Zacharius Werner, German playwright, dies at 36
- Jan 21 Cayetano José RodrÃguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761)
- Jan 26 Edward Jenner, English physician, father of immunology, pioneered smallpox vaccinations, dies at 73
- Feb 7 Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58