3_23 Events in History.

450 Historic Events for March 23

1811 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer Birth
1811 Camille Marie Stamaty, composer Birth
1816 Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95 Death
1818 Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42 Death
1818 Don Carlos Buell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898 Birth
1819 August v Kotzebue, writer, dies Death
1821 Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper) Birth
1821 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 Death
1823 Schuyler Colfax, (R) 17th VP (1869-73) Birth
1825 Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1898 Birth

1826 Leon Minkus, composer Birth
1832 Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41 Death
1832 British Parliament passes reform bill Event
1834 Julius Reubke, composer Birth
1835 Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes Event
1836 Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale Event
1837 Joseph Wieniawski, composer Birth
1839 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post) Event
1839 1st known use of term OK (Boston) Event
1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) Event
1842 Stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59 Death
1844 Eugene Gigout, composer Birth
1847 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian Birth
1849 Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic) Event
1854 Alfred Milner, Giessen Germany, British governor (Cape colony) Birth