Historical Events In July - 15
Friday, 29 March 2024
1738 Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed on July - 15.
1741 Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska on this day in history.
1751 On July - 15 john Wilson, botanist, dies
1755 On this day in history french ambassador recalled from London
1765 Charles Andrew Vanloo, painter, dies on this day in history.
1779 US troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft Stony Point, NY on this day in history.
1779 On July - 15 clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas)
1782 On July - 15 farinelli, Italian singer, dies at 77
1783 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France on July - 15.
1784 On this day in history johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies
1787 Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes on this day in history.
1789 Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris on July - 15.
1789 Jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1795 The 'Marseillaise' is adopted as the French national anthem on July - 15.
1795 "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history thomas Bulfinch, mythologist (Bulfinch's Mythology)
1798 Charles H Bell, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1875 on July - 15.
1798 On this day in history gaetano Pugnani, composer, dies at 66
1799 Discovery of the Rosetta Stone, which will yield better understanding of the ancient egyptian language on this day in history.
1799 The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign on this day in history.
1802 On July - 15 john Barnett, composer
1806 Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest on July - 15.
1808 French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples on this day in history.
1808 On this day in history henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851)
1810 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Rey, composer, dies at 75
1812 Benno Adam, animal painter on July - 15.
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte captured on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history john Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)
1818 Heinrich Esser, composer on this day in history.
1823 A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome on this day in history.
1830 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk & Fox, signs a treaty giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa & Missouri on July - 15.
1839 On this day in history winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies
1840 On July - 15 england, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance
1848 Vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist on this day in history.
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