April 23rd Anniversaries

Santo Domingo.- The events of April 23rd April, are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main events of April 23rd:

• International Book Day.
• Spanish Language Day.
• International Noise Awareness Day. It is remembered every year on the last Wednesday of April. In 2025 it is April 23.

Saint's Day: Saints George, Felix, Fortunatus, Gerard, Achilles, and Adalbert.

National: April 23rd Anniversaries

• 1655: The invasion of the national territory by English pirates, commanded by Admiral Willian Pen and General Roberto Venables, begins.
• 1844: The Central Governing Board informs the people about the victory of the national flotilla against Haitian ships.
• 1899: Poet, writer, and politician Félix María del Monte dies in Santo Domingo.
• 1902: Vice President Horacio Vásquez takes up arms against President Juan Isidro Jimenes, whom he disavows through a manifesto.
• 1951: The Executive Branch institutes April 23 as Book Day, in honor of Miguel de Cervantes.
• 1962: Juan Isidro Jimenes Grullón is elected president of the Social Democratic Alliance party, in Santiago.
• 1963: A strike at the Dominican Industrial Society generates a shortage of peanut oil.
• 1965: General Marcos Rivera Cuesta orders arrests for conspiracy against the Triumvirate.
• -That same day, the U.S. Department of State calls its ambassador William Tapley Bennet for consultations on the Dominican crisis.
• 1966: The Inter-American Peace Force transfers control of critical areas of Ciudad Nueva to the Dominican Armed Forces.
• 1975: José Francisco Peña Gómez demands President Balaguer to return the remains of Francisco Caamaño and his companions.
• 1983: Publication of the work Conferences and articles by Professor Juan Bosch.
• 1984: Security agencies detain left-wing leaders in the face of threats of protests: Narciso Isa Conde, Hamlet Hermann, among others.
• 1999: Fernando Tatis connects two grand slams in the same inning against the same pitcher, at Dodger Stadium.
• 2011: Lawyer, writer, and National Literature Prize winner Víctor Villegas dies at the age of 85.
• 2013: Colonel Julián Suárez Cordero is assassinated during protests at the UASD; a private and a civilian are also injured.
• 2019: The Attorney General's Office justifies phone interceptions of opponents and judges, assuring that they are legal.
• 2020: The Ministry of Health reports the death from COVID-19 of four children, debunking theories of childhood immunity.

International: April 23rd Anniversaries

• 1014: Irish king Brian Boru dies in the Battle of Clontarf against Vikings.
• 1564: William Shakespeare is born, who would die on the same day in 1616.
• 1616: Miguel de Cervantes, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and Shakespeare die, according to different calendars.
• 1633: The Heilbronn League is formed, a Protestant alliance against Catholic imperialists.
• 1844: The Annals of the University of Chile begin to be published, the oldest scientific publication in America.
• 1891: Jews are expelled from Moscow.
• 1945: Soviet troops surround Berlin; Joseph Goebbels positions himself as Hitler's successor.
• 1967: Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in the first fatal accident of the space race (Soyuz).
• 1985: Coca-Cola changes its original formula, sparking criticism; days later, it returns to its classic recipe.
• -Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín announces a policy of "war economy".
• 1990: Namibia is officially admitted as a member of the UN.
• 1995: Teresa Berganza is the first woman to enter the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.
• 2007: Boris Yeltsin, former president of Russia, dies.
• 2012: Honduran presenter Noel Valladares is murdered in Tegucigalpa.
• 2013: Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are identified as the perpetrators of the Boston bombing.
• 2019: In Brazil, Jorge Barata reveals keys to the Odebrecht corruption system in Peru.
• -The Florida Senate approves a law allowing teachers to carry weapons in schools.
• 2020: WHO reports more than 2.5 million infections and 175,694 deaths from COVID-19.
• 2023: Alejandro Toledo, former president of Peru, is extradited from the US for the Odebrecht case.

Births: April 23rd Anniversaries

• 1564: William Shakespeare, English playwright, symbol of universal literature.
• 1926: James Patrick Donleavy, American writer of Irish origin.
• 1999: Chaeyoung, member of the group Twice.
• 2018: Louis of Wales, Prince of the United Kingdom.

Deaths: April 23rd Anniversaries

• 1616: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, mestizo chronicler of colonial Peru.
• 1616: William Shakespeare, British playwright (according to the Julian calendar).
• 1899: Félix María del Monte, Dominican poet and politician.
• 2011: Víctor Villegas, Dominican writer.
• 2007: Boris Yeltsin, former Russian president.