Historical Events Happened In October - 15

1762  On this day in history samuel Adams Holyoke, composer  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  Jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1784  Thomas Hastings, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1785  Jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14) on this day in history.  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  On this day in history 1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England  Share it »

1795  On this day in history frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61)  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  Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1819  On this day in history marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary  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  Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

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

1833  On this day in history klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader  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  On this day in history r G Nivelle, French military man  Share it »

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

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on this day in history.  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  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)  Share it »

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

1701  On this day in history birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)  Share it »

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

0412  On this day in history death of theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria  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  On this day in history death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)  Share it »

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

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

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