February 23rd, 1801

Born on February 23rd, 1801

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What happened on February 23rd?

February 23rd, 2017

Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.

February 23rd, 2008

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the most expensive crash in U.S. Air Force history.

February 23rd, 1987

SN 1987A, the first supernova that modern astronomers were able to study in great detail, was observed from Earth occurring in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

February 23rd, 1971

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

February 23rd, 1945

American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

February 23rd, 1943

35 children and 1 adult employee were killed in a fire at an orphanage in the town of Cavan, Ireland.

February 23rd, 1941

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.

February 23rd, 1886

American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium.

February 23rd, 1847

Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo.

February 23rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania as a volunteer for the Continental Army.

February 23rd, 1739

The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial.

February 23rd, 1725

Johann Sebastian Bach premiered his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured).

February 23rd, 1725

J. S. Bach leads his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

February 23rd, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

February 23rd, 2019

Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 23rd

Same year
Born in 1801

92

Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer

German classical scholar, classical archaeologist and politician (1801-1894)

*October 23rd, 1801, Husum †January 8th, 1894, Kiel

68

Carl August von Steinheil

German physicist (1801-1870)

*October 12th, 1801, Ribeauvillé †September 14th, 1870, Munich

60

Johann Nestroy

Austrian playwright, actor and singer

*December 7th, 1801, Vienna †May 25th, 1862, Graz

51

Vincenzo Gioberti

Italian philosopher and politician (1801-1852)

*April 5th, 1801, Turin †October 26th, 1852, Paris

67

Joseph Mazilier

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*March 13th, 1801, Marseille †May 19th, 1868, 9th arrondissement of Paris

47

William Wakefield

Early New Zealand settler (1801–1848)

*August 8th, 1801, Essex †September 19th, 1848, Wellington

76

Brigham Young

American religious leader (1801–1877)

*June 1st, 1801, Whitingham †August 29th, 1877, Salt Lake City

81

Joseph Plateau

Belgian physicist (1801–1883)

*October 14th, 1801, City of Brussels †September 15th, 1883, Ghent

86

Gustav Fechner

German scientist (1801-1887)

*April 19th, 1801, Żarki Wielkie †November 18th, 1887, Leipzig

90

George Biddell Airy

English mathematician and astronomer (*1801 – †1892)

*July 27th, 1801, Alnwick †January 2nd, 1892, Greenwich

64

Fredrika Bremer

Swedish writer and feminist

*August 17th, 1801, Turku †December 31st, 1865, Österhaninge church parish

89

John Henry Newman

English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)

*February 21st, 1801, London †August 11th, 1890, Edgbaston

56

Johannes Peter Müller

German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist (1801-1858)

*July 14th, 1801, Koblenz †April 28th, 1858, Berlin

49

Albert Lortzing

German opera composer (1801-1851)

*October 23rd, 1801, Berlin †January 21st, 1851, Berlin

66

Julius Plücker

German mathematician and physicist (1801-1868)

*July 16th, 1801, Elberfeld †May 22nd, 1868, Bonn

69

Pierre Rambur

French physician and entomologist (1801-1870)

*July 21st, 1801, Ingrandes-de-Touraine †August 10th, 1870, Geneva

75

Antoine Augustin Cournot

French economist and mathematician (*1801 – †1877)

*August 28th, 1801, Gray †March 31st, 1877, Paris

120

Andrés de Santa Cruz

Supreme protector of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation

*December 5th, 1801, Puno †November 30th, 1922, Saint-Nazaire

68

Justo José de Urquiza

Argentine politician and military

*October 18th, 1801, Entre Ríos Province †April 11th, 1870, San José palace

81

Prince Charles of Prussia

Third son of Frederick William III of Prussia (1801–1883)

*June 29th, 1801, Charlottenburg Palace †January 21st, 1883, Berlin

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Public holidays on February 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics) which are celebrated on February 23rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1801 is a normal year and no leap year.

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