Historical Events In October - 15

1762  Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer on October - 15.   

1764  On this day in history 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  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 October - 15.   

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

1786  On this day in history 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 October - 15.   

1799  On this day in history august Ferdinand Haeser, composer   

1815  Napoleon begins his exile on St. Helena, a remote Island in the Atlantic on October - 15.   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St Helena on October - 15.   

1816  On this day in history amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1817  On this day in history tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies   

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

1819  Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary on this day in history.   

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

1822  On October - 15 alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer   

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

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

1829  Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos) on October - 15.   

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

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

1833  Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader on this day in history.   

1836  Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 on October - 15.   

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

1844  Friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether   

1851  On October - 15 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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1471  On this day in history birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

1542  On this day in history birth of djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)   

1550  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  On this day in history birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

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 this day in history.   

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

0912  Death of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba on this day in history.   

1002  Death of Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946) on October - 15.   

1080  On October - 15 rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies   

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

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