Historical Events For October - 15

1762  On this day in history 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 on October - 15.  

1775  On this day in history bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer  

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

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

1783  On this day in history jean Pilstre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent  

1784  On October - 15 thomas Hastings, composer  

1785  On October - 15 jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14)  

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.  

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1789  1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England on October - 15.  

1795  On this day in history frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61)  

1799  August Ferdinand Haeser, composer on October - 15.  

1815  On October - 15 napoleon begins his exile on St. Helena, a remote Island in the Atlantic.  

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

1816  Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on October - 15.  

1817  Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies on October - 15.  

1818  Irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 on October - 15.  

1819  Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary on October - 15.  

1819  On October - 15 f Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48  

1822  Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer on October - 15.  

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

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

1829  Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos) on this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona)  

1832  On October - 15 henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912  

1833  On October - 15 klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader  

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

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

1844  On this day in history friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born  

1846  On this day in history dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether  

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

1852  Wilhelm Posse, composer on this day in history.  

1856  On October - 15 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  On October - 15 birth of henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange  

1608  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)  

1711  On October - 15 birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)  

0412  Death of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria on October - 15.  

0892  Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 15.  

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

0912  On October - 15 death of abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba  

1002  On this day in history death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)  

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

1268  Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies on October - 15.  

1271  Hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies on this day in history.