Historical Events In August - 15
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
1807 Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1808 On August - 15 a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries
1822 Census shows Upper Canada has 120,000 inhabitants, Lower Canada 500,000 on this day in history.
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer on August - 15.
1823 On this day in history orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1824 Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia on August - 15.
1829 On August - 15 eduard de Hartog, composer
1832 Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism on this day in history.
1832 On August - 15 gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism
1834 On August - 15 south Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there.
1839 On this day in history hugh Archibald Clarke, composer
1843 National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) on this day in history.
1845 On August - 15 walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)
1848 M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair on this day in history.
1848 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1851 On this day in history [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)
1852 On August - 15 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92
1853 On this day in history giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72
1856 J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament on this day in history.
1858 On August - 15 regular mail to the Pacific coast begins
1858 Regular mail to Pacific coast begins on August - 15.
1860 Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23) on August - 15.
1861 On August - 15 lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO
1863 On this day in history submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars
1864 Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners on this day in history.
1864 Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on this day in history.
1865 Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga) on August - 15.
1867 2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England on August - 15.
1869 The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto on August - 15.
1870 Transcontinental Railway actually completed on this day in history.
1870 Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado on August - 15.
1872 On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer
1874 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on this day in history.
1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) on this day in history.
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