Historical Events In October - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1762 On this day in history samuel Adams Holyoke, composer
1764 On this day in history edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1775 On October - 15 bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer
1777 Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn) on October - 15.
1783 Jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on this day in history.
1783 Jean Pilstre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on October - 15.
1784 On this day in history thomas Hastings, composer
1785 On October - 15 jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14)
1786 On this day in history earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC
1789 The first presidental tour-George Washington in New England on October - 15.
1789 1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England on October - 15.
1795 Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61) on October - 15.
1799 On October - 15 august Ferdinand Haeser, composer
1815 Napoleon begins his exile on St. Helena, a remote Island in the Atlantic on October - 15.
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St Helena on this day in history.
1816 Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies
1818 Irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 on October - 15.
1819 On October - 15 marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary
1819 On October - 15 f Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48
1822 Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer on this day in history.
1827 Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history astronomer Asaph Hall born. Discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos
1829 Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos) on this day in history.
1831 Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona) on October - 15.
1832 Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912 on October - 15.
1833 Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader on this day in history.
1836 On this day in history thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
1842 On this day in history karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung
1844 On this day in history friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born
1846 On this day in history dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether
1851 George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament) on this day in history.
1852 On this day in history wilhelm Posse, composer
1856 On October - 15 r G Nivelle, French military man
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