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  On this day in history bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer  Share it »

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

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

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

1784  Thomas Hastings, composer on this day in history.  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  On this day in history the first presidental tour-George Washington in New England  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  Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1818  On this day in history irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885  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  On this day in history alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer  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  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  On this day in history henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912  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  Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung on this day in history.  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  On this day in history birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)  Share it »

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

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1608  On this day in history birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)  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  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  Death of Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor on this day in history.  Share it »

0912  Death of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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