Page 2: Historical Events In 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  Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer on October - 15.   

1777  Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn) on October - 15.   

1783  Jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on October - 15.   

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

1784  Thomas Hastings, composer on October - 15.   

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  On this day in history the first presidental tour-George Washington in New England   

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

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

1818  On this day in history 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  On October - 15 charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge   

1829  Astronomer Asaph Hall born. Discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos on October - 15.   

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

1831  Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona) on October - 15.   

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  Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 on October - 15.   

1842  On October - 15 karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung   

1844  Friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born on October - 15.   

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

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

1852  On October - 15 wilhelm Posse, composer   

1856  R G Nivelle, French military man on October - 15.   

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

1542  On October - 15 birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)   

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  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on October - 15.   

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on October - 15.   

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

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

0898  Death of Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor on October - 15.   

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

1002  On October - 15 death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)   

1080  On October - 15 rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies   

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

1271  On October - 15 hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies