Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1723
Birthdays
- January 11 - Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (d. 1774)
- April 20 - Cornelius Harnett, American Continental Congress delegate (d. 1781)
- April 30 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
- June 3 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788)
- July 1 - Pedro RodrÃguez, Conde de Campomanes
- September 11 - Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790)
- December 22 - Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (d. 1787)
- December 26 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm
Deaths
- February 2 - Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (b. 1666)
- February 26 - Thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. 1653)
- October 10 - William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper
- December 20 - Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, (b. 1652)
Events
- June 26 - After a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
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