1823 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1823?
- January 3, 1823 – Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
- July 2, 1823 – Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
- July 15, 1823 – A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
- July 24, 1823 – Slavery is abolished in Chile.
- September 10, 1823 – Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
- September 21, 1823 – Joseph Smith is reportedly visited by the angel Moroni, who told him the location of gold plates, which Smith obtained four years later and partially translated into The Book of Mormon.
- September 22, 1823 – Joseph Smith, Jr. states he found the Golden plates on this date after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
- October 12, 1823 – Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.
- December 2, 1823 – Monroe Doctrine: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts.
- December 23, 1823 – A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is published anonymously.
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