1823
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Events
- July 15 - San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire
- September 10 - Simon Bolivar named President of Peru
- December 2 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the United States 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 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.
Year in topic
Births
- January 8 - Alfred Russel Wallace, naturalist and biologist († 1913)
- February 27 - Ernest Renan, Professor of Old Testament in the College de France († 1892)
- March 20 - Ned Buntline, "dime novelist", publisher, writer, publicist (+ 1886)
- March 23 - Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (+ 1885)
- April 3 - William Marcy Tweed, political boss (+ 1878)
- April 23 - Abd-ul-Mejid, future Ottoman sultan (+1861)
- August 13 - Goldwin Smith, historian († 1910)
- December 6 - Friedrich Max Mueller, Orientalist († 1900)
Deaths
- January 26 - Edward Jenner, inventor of the vaccine (* 1749)
- February 7 - Ann Radcliffe, writer (* 1764)
- August 20 - Pope Pius VII (* 1740)
- September 11 - David Ricardo, economist (* 1772)
heads of state
- China - Daoguang Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (September 2, 1820 to February 25, 1850
- Denmark - Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839)
- France - Louis XVIII, King of France (1814-1824)
- Norway - Charles III, King of Norway (1818-1844)
- Ottoman Empire - Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
- Prussia - Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
- Russia - Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801-1825)
- Spain - Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1813-1833)
- United States - James Monroe, President of the United States (March 4, 1817 to March 4, 1825)