Historical Events Happened In October - 15

1762  Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer on October - 15.  

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.  

1775  On October - 15 bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer  

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

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

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

1784  On this day in history thomas Hastings, composer  

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

1786  Earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC on October - 15.  

1789  On October - 15 the first presidental tour-George Washington in New England  

1789  On this day in history 1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England  

1795  On October - 15 frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1819  On this day in history f Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48  

1822  On October - 15 alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer  

1827  Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge on October - 15.  

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

1829  On October - 15 asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos)  

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

1832  On this day in history henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912  

1833  Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader on October - 15.  

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

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

1844  On October - 15 friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born  

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

1851  On October - 15 george F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament)  

1852  On October - 15 wilhelm Posse, composer  

1856  On this day in history r G Nivelle, French military man  

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1471  On this day in history 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 October - 15 birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)  

1674  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)  

1686  On October - 15 birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)  

1701  On October - 15 birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)  

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

0412  On this day in history death of theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria  

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

0898  Death of Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor on this day in history.  

0912  Death of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba on October - 15.  

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

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

1268  On October - 15 dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies  

1271  Hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies on October - 15.