Page 2: Historical Events In October - 15

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  On October - 15 bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer   

1777  Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn) on October - 15.   

1783  Jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on October - 15.   

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

1784  Thomas Hastings, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 October - 15 irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885   

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

1819  On this day in history f Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48   

1822  On this day in history alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer   

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  Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos) on October - 15.   

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

1832  On October - 15 henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912   

1833  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1851  George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament) on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history wilhelm Posse, composer   

1856  On October - 15 r G Nivelle, French military man   

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1471  On this day in history birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on October - 15.   

1686  Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.   

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

1711  On October - 15 birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)   

0412  On October - 15 death of theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria   

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

0898  On this day in history death of lambert, Holy Roman Emperor   

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

1268  Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies on this day in history.   

1271  Hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies on this day in history.