Page 2: Historical Events In October - 15

1762  On October - 15 samuel Adams Holyoke, composer   

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 October - 15.   

1775  Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer on October - 15.   

1777  On October - 15 mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn)   

1783  Jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on this day in history.   

1783  Jean Pilstre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on this day in history.   

1784  Thomas Hastings, composer on this day in history.   

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

1786  On October - 15 earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC   

1789  The first presidental tour-George Washington in New England on October - 15.   

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

1795  On this day in history 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  On October - 15 napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St Helena   

1816  Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on October - 15.   

1817  Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies on October - 15.   

1818  On this day in history irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885   

1819  On this day in history marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary   

1819  F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1822  Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer on October - 15.   

1827  Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge on this day in history.   

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

1829  On this day in history asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos)   

1831  Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona) on October - 15.   

1832  Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912 on October - 15.   

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

1836  Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 on this day in history.   

1842  Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung on October - 15.   

1844  On this day in history friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born   

1846  Dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether on October - 15.   

1851  George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament) on October - 15.   

1852  Wilhelm Posse, composer on October - 15.   

1856  R G Nivelle, French military man on October - 15.   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.   

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on October - 15.   

1550  On October - 15 birth of henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange   

1608  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) was born on October - 15.   

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on October - 15.   

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

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 this day in history death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)   

1080  On this day in history rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies   

1268  Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies on October - 15.   

1271  On this day in history hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies