Page 2: Historical Events In October - 15
Friday, 18 July 2025
1762 On October - 15 samuel Adams Holyoke, composer
1764 On October - 15 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
1775 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer on this day in history.
1777 Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn) on this day in history.
1783 Jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on October - 15.
1783 On October - 15 jean Pilstre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent
1784 Thomas Hastings, composer on October - 15.
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 this day in history the first presidental tour-George Washington in New England
1789 1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England on this day in history.
1795 On October - 15 frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61)
1799 On October - 15 august Ferdinand Haeser, composer
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 October - 15.
1816 Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.
1817 Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies on this day in history.
1818 Irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 on October - 15.
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 On October - 15 alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer
1827 Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge on October - 15.
1829 On October - 15 astronomer Asaph Hall born. Discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos
1829 On October - 15 asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos)
1831 On October - 15 helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona)
1832 Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912 on this day in history.
1833 On October - 15 klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader
1836 On October - 15 thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
1842 Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung on this day in history.
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 this day in history george F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament)
1852 On October - 15 wilhelm Posse, composer
1856 R G Nivelle, French military man on October - 15.
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