Page 3: Historical Events In August - 15
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1807 Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1808 On this day in history a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries
1822 Census shows Upper Canada has 120,000 inhabitants, Lower Canada 500,000 on August - 15.
1822 On August - 15 wilhelm Rust, composer
1823 Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
1824 On August - 15 freed American slaves forms country of Liberia
1829 On August - 15 eduard de Hartog, composer
1832 Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism on this day in history.
1832 Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism on August - 15.
1834 South Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there on August - 15.
1839 On August - 15 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 this day in history.
1848 On August - 15 m Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair
1848 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on August - 15.
1851 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) on this day in history.
1852 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on August - 15.
1853 Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1856 On this day in history j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
1858 Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins on this day in history.
1858 On August - 15 regular mail to Pacific coast begins
1860 Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23) on August - 15.
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 On this day in history off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners
1864 On this day in history daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies
1865 Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga) on August - 15.
1867 2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England on August - 15.
1869 On August - 15 the Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
1870 Transcontinental Railway actually completed on August - 15.
1870 Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado on this day in history.
1872 Harold Fraser-Simson, composer on this day in history.
1874 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on this day in history.
1875 On August - 15 samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast)
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