Historical Events Happened In October - 15

1762  Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

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 on this day in history.  Share it »

1775  Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1777  On this day in history mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn)  Share it »

1783  On this day in history jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent  Share it »

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

1784  On this day in history thomas Hastings, composer  Share it »

1785  On this day in history jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14)  Share it »

1786  On this day in history earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC  Share it »

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

1789  1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England on this day in history.  Share it »

1795  Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61) on this day in history.  Share it »

1799  August Ferdinand Haeser, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1815  On this day in history napoleon begins his exile on St. Helena, a remote Island in the Atlantic.  Share it »

1815  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St Helena  Share it »

1816  Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.  Share it »

1817  On this day in history tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies  Share it »

1818  Irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 on this day in history.  Share it »

1819  Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary on this day in history.  Share it »

1819  F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48 on this day in history.  Share it »

1822  Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer on this day in history.  Share it »

1827  On this day in history charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge  Share it »

1829  On this day in history astronomer Asaph Hall born. Discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos  Share it »

1829  On this day in history asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos)  Share it »

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

1832  Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912 on this day in history.  Share it »

1833  Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader on this day in history.  Share it »

1836  On this day in history thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910  Share it »

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

1844  On this day in history friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born  Share it »

1846  Dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether on this day in history.  Share it »

1851  On this day in history george F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament)  Share it »

1852  On this day in history wilhelm Posse, composer  Share it »

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1542  On this day in history birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)  Share it »

1550  On this day in history birth of henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange  Share it »

1608  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1711  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)  Share it »

0412  Death of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.  Share it »

0892  Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

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

1268  On this day in history dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies  Share it »

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