Page 2: Historical Events In October - 15

1762  Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer   

1764  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  Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer   

1777  Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn).   

1783  Jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent.   

1783  Jean Pilstre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent.   

1784  Thomas Hastings, composer   

1785  Jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14).   

1786  Earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC.   

1789  The inaugural presidental tour-George Washington in New England   

1789  1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England.   

1795  Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61).   

1799  August Ferdinand Haeser, composer   

1815  In this year, Napoleon starts his exile on St. Helena, a remote Island in the Atlantic   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St Helena.   

1816  Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1817  Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies.   

1818  Irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885   

1819  Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary   

1819  F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48.   

1822  Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer.   

1827  Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge   

1829  Astronomer Asaph Hall born. Discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos   

1829  Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos and Deimos)   

1831  Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona).   

1832  Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912   

1833  Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader   

1836  Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910.   

1842  Karl Marx is recorded as becoming editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung.   

1844  Friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born   

1846  Dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether   

1851  George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament).   

1852  Wilhelm Posse, composer.   

1856  R G Nivelle, French military man   

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1471  On October - 15 birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on this day in history.   

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on October - 15.   

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

1674  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  On this day in history birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

1701  On this day in history 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 October - 15.   

0892  On this day in history al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

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

0912  Death of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba on this day in history.   

1002  Death of Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946) on October - 15.   

1080  On this day in history rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies   

1268  Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies on this day in history.   

1271  On this day in history hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies