Historical Events In September - 15

1736  On September - 15 jean-Sylvain, French historian (History of France)   

1744  On this day in history georg Ritschel, composer   

1747  Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1750  On this day in history charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer, dies at 59   

1762  Battle of Signal Hill on this day in history.   

1764  Friedrich Heine, composer on September - 15.   

1774  Cossack Emilian Pugachev captured on September - 15.   

1776  On this day in history british forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during the Revolution   

1776  British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution on September - 15.   

1787  -16] Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam on September - 15.   

1789  On September - 15 dept of Foreign Affairs, renamed the Dept of State   

1789  Dept of Foreign Affairs, renamed Dept of State on September - 15.   

1789  James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major US novelist (Last of Mohicans) on September - 15.   

1795  Cape Colony surrenders to England on this day in history.   

1808  Louis Clapisson, composer on September - 15.   

1811  Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer on this day in history.   

1812  French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow on September - 15.   

1816  On September - 15 edward Wolff, composer   

1820  Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal; (see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century on September - 15.   

1821  Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ on this day in history.   

1821  Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras & Nicaragua gain independ on September - 15.   

1830  On this day in history first to be run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England)   

1830  1st National Negro Convention begins in Phila on this day in history.   

1830  Jose de la Cruz Porfirio Diaz, president of Mexico (1877-1911) on September - 15.   

1831  The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad on this day in history.   

1834  Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian/parliament member on September - 15.   

1835  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Galapagos Islands   

1837  On September - 15 leo van Gheluwe, composer   

1840  On this day in history franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47   

1841  On September - 15 alessandro Rolla, composer, dies at 84   

1842  On September - 15 pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer, dies at 70   

1843  On September - 15 willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange/son of king Willem III   

1846  Jung Bahadur Rana grabs power in Nepal on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

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0973  On September - 15 birth of al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)   

1254  Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324) was born on September - 15.   

1505  Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Neth (1531-55) was born on September - 15.   

1533  Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.   

1572  Erasmus Widmann, composer was born on this day in history.   

1580  On September - 15 birth of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)   

1586  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer was born on September - 15.   

1613  On this day in history birth of françois de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)   

0009  Death of Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59 on September - 15.   

0668  On September - 15 death of constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)   

0866  Death of Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria on this day in history.   

0921  On this day in history ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies   

0928  On this day in history louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48   

1231  On September - 15 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach, dies   

1352  On this day in history death of ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)   

1500  Death of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury on September - 15.