Historical 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 US President James Monroe declares the "Monroe Doctrine" opposing European colonialism in the Americas, arguing any European political intervention in the New World would be a hostile act against the United States
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1823 in Music
- Dec 20 Play "Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus" by Helmina von Chézy with incidental music by Franz Schubert premieres in Vienna
Alfred Russel Wallace
Boss Tweed
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Mackenzie Bowell
Franz Schubert
Ludwig van Beethoven
James Monroe
Louis XVIII
Robert Jenkinson
Edward Jenner
Pius VII