Page 2: Historical Events In October - 15

1762  Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer on this day in history.   

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 October - 15.   

1775  On October - 15 bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer   

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

1784  Thomas Hastings, composer on October - 15.   

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

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

1789  The first presidental tour-George Washington in New England on this day in history.   

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

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 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  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 October - 15.   

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 this day in history alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer   

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

1829  On this day in history astronomer Asaph Hall born. Discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos   

1829  Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos) on this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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  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  On October - 15 birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

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

1701  On October - 15 birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

1711  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741)   

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

0892  On this day in history al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies   

0898  On October - 15 death of lambert, Holy Roman Emperor   

0912  Death of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba on October - 15.   

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

1080  On this day in history rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies   

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