Historical Events In August - 15
Friday, 31 March 2023
1807 Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1808 On this day in history 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 August - 15.
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer on August - 15.
1823 Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 15.
1824 On this day in history freed American slaves forms country of Liberia
1829 On August - 15 eduard de Hartog, composer
1832 Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism on this day in history.
1832 Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism on this day in history.
1834 South Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there on this day in history.
1839 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer on this day in history.
1843 National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) on August - 15.
1845 On August - 15 walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)
1848 M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair on August - 15.
1848 On August - 15 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88
1851 On this day in history [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)
1852 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on August - 15.
1853 Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1856 J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament on August - 15.
1858 On this day in history regular mail to the Pacific coast begins
1858 On this day in history regular mail to Pacific coast begins
1860 Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23) on August - 15.
1861 On this day in history 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 On this day in history daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies
1865 On August - 15 johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)
1867 2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England on August - 15.
1869 On this day in history the Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
1870 On August - 15 transcontinental Railway actually completed
1870 On August - 15 transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado
1872 On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer
1874 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on August - 15.
1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) on August - 15.
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