1823

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s

Years: 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 - 1823 - 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828

• December 2 - James Monroe delivers speech to congress that would later be dubbed the Monroe Doctrine
• Ferdinand VII revokes Spanish Constitution of 1812 and restores absolute monarchy.
• July 15 - San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire
• The Olbers paradox is described by the German astronomer Wilhelm Olbers[?].

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

• 1823 in literature:

Births

• 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)
• Ernst Renan[?], Professor of Old Testament in the Collège de France[?]
• April 23 - Abd-ul-Mejid, future Ottoman sultan (+1861)

Deaths