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 this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer   

1777  On this day in history 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  Jean Pilstre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent on October - 15.   

1784  On this day in history thomas Hastings, composer   

1785  Jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14) on October - 15.   

1786  Earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC on this day in history.   

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

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

1795  Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61) on October - 15.   

1799  August Ferdinand Haeser, composer on October - 15.   

1815  On this day in history napoleon begins his exile on St. Helena, a remote Island in the Atlantic.   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St Helena on this day in history.   

1816  On October - 15 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  On October - 15 marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary   

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 this day in history charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge   

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

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

1831  On this day in history helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona)   

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 October - 15.   

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

1842  On October - 15 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  George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament) on October - 15.   

1852  On this day in history wilhelm Posse, composer   

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

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

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

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

1608  On this day in history birth of evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)   

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

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

1701  On October - 15 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 this day in history.   

0412  On this day in history death of theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria   

0892  Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies on October - 15.   

0898  Death of Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor on October - 15.   

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

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

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

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

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