What Happened in December 1823

Historical Events

Monroe Doctrine Declared

Dec 2 US President James Monroe declares the "Monroe Doctrine" opposing European colonialism in the Americas, arguing any European political intervention in the New World would be a hostile act against the United States

Rossini Arrives in London

Dec 13 Italian opera composer Gioachino Rossini arrives in London

Dec 19 Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law in US

"Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus"

Dec 20 Play "Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus" by Helmina von Chézy with incidental music by Franz Schubert premieres in Vienna

Dec 23 "Visit from St Nicholas" by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel

Events in 1823

Famous Birthdays

Dec 1 Ernest Reyer, French opera composer, born in Marseilles, France (d. 1909)
Dec 6 Max Müller, German-born British orientalist, born in Dessau, German Federation (d. 1900)
Dec 7 Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker), born in Liegnitz, Province of Silesia, Prussia (d. 1891)
Dec 10 Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, German composer, born in Neukirchen, Germany (d. 1903)
Dec 10 Wilhelm Kuhe, German composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1912)
Dec 15 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German organist and composer, born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1896)
Dec 21 Jean Henri Fabre, French naturalist and entomologist (insects & spiders), born in Saint-Léons, Aveyron, France (d. 1915)
Dec 23 Alexandru Flechtenmacher, Romanian composer, born in Iaşi, Romania (d. 1898)
Dec 25 Preston Smith, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)