Historical Events In October - 15

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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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)   

1550  On this day in history birth of henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange   

1608  On this day in history birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)   

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on October - 15.   

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on October - 15.   

1701  On October - 15 birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

1711  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)   

0412  Death of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

0892  On October - 15 al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

0898  On this day in history death of lambert, Holy Roman Emperor   

0912  On this day in history death of abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba   

1002  On this day in history death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)   

1080  On October - 15 rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies   

1268  On this day in history dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies   

1271  On October - 15 hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies