1823
1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
Events July 15 - Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire September 10 - Simón Bolívar named President of Peru December 2 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the U.S. Congress, announcing a new policy of forbidding European interference in the Americas and establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts (this would later be called the Monroe Doctrine) December 23 - A Visit From St. Nicholas, attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, is first published Ferdinand VII revokes Spanish Constitution of 1812 and restores absolute monarchy The Olbers' paradox is described by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers.
BirthsJanuary 8 - Alfred Russel Wallace, naturalist and biologist (d. 1913)February 27 - Ernest Renan, French professor of Old Testament (d. 1892)March 14 - Théodore de Banville, French writer (d. 1891)March 20 - Ned Buntline, 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 13 - Goldwin Smith, historian (d. 1910)December 6 - Friedrich Max Müller, German Orientalist (d. 1900)
DeathsJanuary 26 - Edward Jenner, inventor of the vaccine (b. 1749)February 7 - Ann Radcliffe, writer (b. 1764)August 20 - Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)September 11 - David Ricardo, economist (b. 1772)
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