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  Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer on this day in history.   

1777  On October - 15 mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn)   

1783  Jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on this day in history.   

1783  Jean Pilstre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history thomas Hastings, composer   

1785  Jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14) on October - 15.   

1786  Earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC on October - 15.   

1789  The first presidental tour-George Washington in New England on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1799  August Ferdinand Haeser, composer on October - 15.   

1815  Napoleon begins his exile on St. Helena, a remote Island in the Atlantic on this day in history.   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St Helena on October - 15.   

1816  On this day in history amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1817  On October - 15 tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies   

1818  On October - 15 irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885   

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  On this day in history alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer   

1827  Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge on October - 15.   

1829  Astronomer Asaph Hall born. Discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos on this day in history.   

1829  On October - 15 asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos)   

1831  Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona) on this day in history.   

1832  Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912 on October - 15.   

1833  Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader on October - 15.   

1836  Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung   

1844  Friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born on October - 15.   

1846  Dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether on October - 15.   

1851  George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament) on this day in history.   

1852  Wilhelm Posse, composer on October - 15.   

1856  R G Nivelle, French military man on this day in history.   

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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 October - 15 birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)   

1674  On October - 15 birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  On October - 15 birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

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

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.   

0412  On this day in history death of theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria   

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

0898  On October - 15 death of lambert, Holy Roman Emperor   

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

1002  Death of Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946) on this day in history.   

1080  Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies on this day in history.   

1268  On October - 15 dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies   

1271  Hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies on October - 15.