Historical Events In August - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1807 Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1808 A British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries on August - 15.
1822 On August - 15 census shows Upper Canada has 120,000 inhabitants, Lower Canada 500,000.
1822 On this day in history wilhelm Rust, composer
1823 On this day in history orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1824 Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia on August - 15.
1829 Eduard de Hartog, composer on this day in history.
1832 Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism on August - 15.
1832 On August - 15 gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism
1834 On this day in history south Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there.
1839 On this day in history hugh Archibald Clarke, composer
1843 National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) on this day in history.
1845 Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) on August - 15.
1848 M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair on this day in history.
1848 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1851 On August - 15 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)
1852 On this day in history johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92
1853 On this day in history giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72
1856 On this day in history j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
1858 On this day in history regular mail to the Pacific coast begins
1858 On August - 15 regular mail to Pacific coast begins
1860 Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23) on this day in history.
1861 Lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO on August - 15.
1863 Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars on this day in history.
1864 Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners on August - 15.
1864 Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on this day in history.
1865 Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga) on this day in history.
1867 2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England on this day in history.
1869 On this day in history the Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
1870 Transcontinental Railway actually completed on August - 15.
1870 On this day in history transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado
1872 Harold Fraser-Simson, composer on this day in history.
1874 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on August - 15.
1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) on August - 15.
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