August 1823 in History

Birthdays in History

Aug 3 Thomas Francis Meagre, Irish nationalist and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Waterford, Ireland (d. 1867)
Aug 4 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, American politician (Governor of Indiana), born in Salisbury, Indiana (d. 1877)
Aug 8 Theodule Augustin Ribot, painter
Aug 9 Daniel M. Frost, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Duanesburg, New York (d. 1900)
Aug 10 Charles Keene, Hornsey, artist
Aug 10 Charles Thomas Campbell, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in St. Thomas Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1895)
Aug 10 Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d. 1886)
Aug 11 Charlotte Mary Yonge, England, writer (Heir of Redclyffe)
Aug 13 Goldwin Smith, English historian and journalist, born in Reading, Berkshire (d. 1910)
Aug 15 Orris Sanford Ferry, American lawyer, politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bethel, Connecticut (d. 1875)
Aug 18 Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician, historian
Aug 25 John Newton, American engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1895)
Aug 31 Galusha Aaron Grow, American politician, born in Ashford, Connecticut (d. 1907)

Aug 2 Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer and mathematician known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, dies at 70
Aug 3 Jacob Abraham de Mist, Dutch statesman, dies at 74

Aug 20 Pius VII [Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti], Italian bishop of Imola and Pope (1800-23), dies at 83