1823

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Year in topic
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Heads of state in 1823

Events

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
December 2 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the United States Congress, announcing a new policy of forbidding European interference in the Americas and establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts (this would later be called the Monroe Doctrine).
The Olbers paradox is described by the German astronomer Wilhelm Olbers.