Page 2: Historical Events In October - 15

1762  Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer on October - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1775  Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer on this day in history.   

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

1783  On this day in history jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent   

1783  On this day in history jean Pilstre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent   

1784  On this day in history thomas Hastings, composer   

1785  On October - 15 jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14)   

1786  Earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC on October - 15.   

1789  On October - 15 the first presidental tour-George Washington in New England   

1789  1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England on October - 15.   

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  On October - 15 napoleon begins his exile on St. Helena, a remote Island in the Atlantic.   

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  On October - 15 tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies   

1818  Irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 on this day in history.   

1819  On October - 15 marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary   

1819  F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48 on October - 15.   

1822  Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer on this day in history.   

1827  On October - 15 charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge   

1829  Astronomer Asaph Hall born. Discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos on October - 15.   

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

1831  On October - 15 helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona)   

1832  On this day in history henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912   

1833  On October - 15 klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader   

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

1842  On this day in history karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung   

1844  Friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born on October - 15.   

1846  On October - 15 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 this day in history.   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on October - 15.   

1542  On October - 15 birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)   

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on October - 15.   

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

1674  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  On October - 15 birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

1701  On this day in history birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on October - 15.   

0412  Death of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

0892  Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on this day in history.   

0898  Death of Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor on this day in history.   

0912  On October - 15 death of abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba   

1002  On October - 15 death of otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)   

1080  Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies on October - 15.   

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