Historical Events In June - 15

1623  Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham) on this day in history.   

1626  King Charles I disbands English parliament on June - 15.   

1636  Johann David Mayer, composer on this day in history.   

1638  Samuel Apostool, Dutch vicar/theologist (The Sun) on this day in history.   

1643  Able Tasmania returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania on June - 15.   

1664  NJ established on June - 15.   

1666  On June - 15 pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies   

1677  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1702  Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1703  On June - 15 gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58   

1708  On June - 15 romeyn de Hooghe, painter/goldsmith, buried at 62   

1728  Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer on this day in history.   

1734  On this day in history johann Ernst Altenburg, composer   

1741  Capt Bering leaves Petropavlovsk, sailing to America on June - 15.   

1749  On this day in history george Joseph Vogler, composer   

1752  Ben Franklin's performs his kite-flying experiment on this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69   

1762  On June - 15 austria uses 1st paper currency   

1763  On June - 15 franz Danzi, composer   

1767  On June - 15 rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of Pres Andrew (1828-37) (died 1828)   

1772  Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1775  George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army on June - 15.   

1779  On June - 15 general Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, Bronx   

1785  On June - 15 2 French balloonists die in world's first fatal aviation accident   

1785  On June - 15 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident   

1802  Toussaint L'Ouverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Héros on this day in history.   

1804  12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president on this day in history.   

1808  Jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain on June - 15.   

1814  On this day in history charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician, dies at 84   

1821  Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history brizio Petrucci, composer, dies at 91   

1831  On June - 15 peter Fuchs, composer, dies at 78   

1833  On this day in history edward Moody McCook, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1909   

1834  Rioters in Safed Palestine kills many Jews on June - 15.   

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1221  On this day in history birth of frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria   

1330  On June - 15 birth of edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376)   

1542  On June - 15 birth of richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke)   

1553  On June - 15 birth of ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands   

1594  On June - 15 birth of nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)   

1623  Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham) was born on this day in history.   

1624  On June - 15 birth of hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)   

1636  On this day in history birth of johann David Mayer, composer   

0923  Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle on this day in history.   

0948  On this day in history romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies   

0991  On June - 15 theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies   

1073  On June - 15 death of emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)   

1246  Frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.   

1337  Angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies on June - 15.   

1341  On this day in history andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies   

1381  Death of Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London on June - 15.