Historical anniversaries in 2023 (USA edition) • ideas4writers

The Date-A-Base Book 2023: 3,000 historical anniversaries in 2023

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More than 3,000 historical anniversaries in 2023.

Includes significant historical events, inventions, discoveries, and famous births and deaths.

Fully cross-checked for accuracy.

Perfect for writers, journalists, broadcasters, producers, production companies, and event planners.

Packed with ideas for newspaper and magazine articles, TV and radio features, films and documentaries, and more.

Ideal for “On This Day in History” features and historical anniversary tie-ins.

Size: 11.5″ x 8.5″ (Letter). 228 pages.

E-book: $16.45 (approx.)
PDF format + free Excel spreadsheet.
(View or print with the free Adobe Reader.)

Paperback: $14.99 (approx.)

Product details

This book gives details of more than 3,000 newsworthy and notable historical anniversaries in 2023.

Every entry has been fully cross-checked with official sources for complete accuracy.

We only list significant anniversaries (for example 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200 years ago) not 17, 54 or 101 years ago.

NOTE:

If you buy the e-book edition you will receive two volumes: the anniversaries listed in chronological order and sorted by date. (See the sample pages below.)

You will also receive a free Excel spreadsheet so you can sort, group and search the anniversaries however you like.
If you buy the printed edition the anniversaries are only listed in chronological order.

We will be happy to send you the e-book version of the sorted-by-date edition plus the spreadsheet too,
for no extra charge. Just send us a message (mail@ideas4writers.com) with your proof of purchase.

16th annual edition.

Sample pages
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Sample page (chronological order)

Anniversary	Date	Event
750	Jan 14, 1273	Birth of Joan I of Navarre, Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne (1274–1305). Queen consort of France. Wife of King Philip IV (1285–1305).
500	Jan 20, 1523	King Christian II of Denmark and Norway was deposed and forced into exile. He was succeeded by Frederick I.
250	Jan 1, 1773	The hymn Amazing Grace was first performed in Olney, Buckinghamshire, UK. It was written by poet and clergyman John Newton to accompany his sermon – as a religious poem rather than a hymn. The tune was added in 1835, though the words were sung to various traditional tunes before that.
250	Jan 12, 1773	The Charleston Museum was founded in South Carolina. It is regarded as the first museum in America. It opened to the public in 1824.
250	Jan 17, 1773	Captain James Cook’s ship HMS Resolution became the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle (during his second voyage).
200	Jan 3, 1823	Birth of Robert Whitehead, British engineer who developed the first effective torpedo.
200	Jan 8, 1823	Birth of Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist, biologist and explorer. He independently conceived the theory of evolution. His work led Charles Darwin to publish On the Origin of Species.
200	Jan 26, 1823	Death of Edward Jenner, British physician and immunologist who created the first vaccine (for smallpox).
200	Jan 27, 1823	The USA appointed its first U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. He was the first U.S. Ambassador in South America.
175	Jan 3, 1848	Joseph Jenkins Roberts became the first President of Liberia.
175	Jan 9, 1848	Death of Caroline Herschel, German astronomer. Sister of William Herschel. The first woman to hold a government position in England, and the first female scientist to receive a salary. She discovered several comets.
175	Jan 20, 1848	Death of Christian VIII, King of Denmark (1839–48), King of Norway (1814) (as Christian Frederick).
175	Jan 24, 1848	California Gold Rush: the first gold was discovered by construction worker James W. Marshall. He found flakes of gold in the South Fork American River while constructing Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento.
150	Jan 2, 1873	Birth of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, French Carmelite nun. Also known as Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, The Little Flower of Jesus, or The Little Flower. One of the most popular saints in the history of the Catholic church.
150	Jan 7, 1873	Birth of Adolph Zukor, Austro–Hungarian-born American film producer. Co-founder of Paramount Pictures. He signed many early film stars, and produced films including The Prisoner of Zenda.
150	Jan 9, 1873	Death of Napoleon III, first President of France (1848–52) and last Emperor of France (1852–70). Nephew of Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte).

Sample page (sorted by date)

Anniversary	Date	Event
250	Jan 1, 1773	The hymn Amazing Grace was first performed in Olney, Buckinghamshire, UK. It was written by poet and clergyman John Newton to accompany his sermon – as a religious poem rather than a hymn. The tune was added in 1835, though the words were sung to various traditional tunes before that.
125	Jan 1, 1898	The modern City of New York was formed when Brooklyn, the County of New York, the County of Richmond, and the western portion of the County of Queens were consolidated. Staten Island was added on 25^th January.
100	Jan 1, 1923	The Railways Act of 1921 came into effect and Britain’s 120 railway companies were grouped into the ‘Big Four’: Great Western Railway (GWR); London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS); London and North Eastern Railway (LNER); and Southern Railway (SR).
90	Jan 1, 1933	The French radio station Radio Paris began broadcasting sponsored shows in English each Sunday, because commercial broadcasting was banned in the UK. In December, Radio Paris became a state-run service, and the English broadcasts switched to Radio Luxembourg. (See also: 3^rd December 1933.)
90	Jan 1, 1933	Birth of Joe Orton, British playwright. Known for his outrageous farces and black comedies. (Died 1967.)
80	Jan 1, 1943 to Oct 9	World War II: German forces began withdrawing from the Caucasus and formed the heavily fortified Kuban bridgehead on the Taman Peninsula in Russia. The Soviet Red Army eventually broke through, forcing the Germans to evacuate to the Crimea.
75	Jan 1, 1948	Benelux came into effect. It is a politico-economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
75	Jan 1, 1948	Britain’s ‘Big Four’ railway companies were nationalised to form British Railways. (It was renamed British Rail in 1965, then gradually privatised between 1994 and 1997. Its operations are now owned by over 100 separate companies.)
75	Jan 1, 1948	The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) went into effect. (It was superseded by the World Trade Organisation in 1995.)
75	Jan 1, 1948	The Constitution of Italy came into effect. Enrico De Nicola, the Provisional Head of State of Italy, became its first President.
65	Jan 1, 1958	The European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market) began operating. It was incorporated in the European Union (EU) in 1993 as the European Community (EC).
65	Jan 1, 1958	Death of Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer and entertainer.
40	Jan 1, 1983	Chinese leader Mao Zedong announced the Great Leap Forward, a 5-year plan to transform China from an agrarian economy into a socialist society via rapid industrialisation and collective farming. (The plan failed and the economy shrank. Tens of millions died from mass killings, starvation and forced labour. The Great Leap Forward was halted two years early, in 1961.)
50	Jan 1, 1973	Britain, Ireland and Denmark were admitted into the European Economic Community (EEC – now the European Union). Britain left it in 2020.
40	Jan 1, 1983	The internet was created when the USA’s ARPANET switched to using Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

Reminder: the e-book edition includes both versions: chronological and sorted by date, plus a free Excel spreadsheet.

Customer reviews

Browse through the dates and names and let your imagination go in to overdrive. These are “must have” lists for you reference library. The allure of these people, places and times are indeed a Pandora’s Box for the enquiring mind of storytellers everywhere. Just the gift for a fellow writer.
Frances Johnson, Gold Coast Writers’ Association, Queensland, Australia.

What a magnificent tool. It’s easy to find out what happened on a particular day or month. Or you can dip straight in and find something to write about and, with your own added research, submit your work well ahead of the game. The information can also be used for quizzes, authenticating historical articles, and a multitude of other formats. Go for it!
Dee Watson, Writer, Editor, Proofreader and Reviewer

Magazines have notoriously long lead-in times, so if you’re an aspiring (or indeed successful) writer of articles you need to be looking well ahead for that all-important “hook” to get the editor interested. That’s where The Date-A-Base Book comes in. Hundreds of notable events, births, deaths, anniversaries of myriad kind from 10 years ago to 1000 years ago. Whatever your area of interest you’ll find something in here to get you started, or to flesh out your background or your characters, or to use in your marketing. The only problem with it is that you might get too engrossed in the who, what, where, and when to actually do any writing.
Lesley Mason