What is October 15?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[533]] &ndash; [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[General officer|general]] [[Belisarius]] makes his formal entry into [[Carthage]], having conquered it from the [[Vandals]]. * [[1066]] &ndash; After the [[Battle]] of [[Hastings]], [[Edgar the AEtheling]] is proclaimed [[King]] of [[England]], but is never crowned. * [[1529]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Vienna]] ends, as the [[Austria]]ns defeat the invading [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]]. * [[1552]] &ndash; [[Khanate of Kazan]] is conquered by troops of [[Ivan Grozny]]. * [[1582]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XIII]] implements the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. In [[Italy]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]], and [[Spain]], [[October 4]] of this year is followed directly by October 15. * [[1764]] &ndash; [[Edward Gibbon]] observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] in [[Rome]], which inspires him to begin work on ''[[The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire]]''. * [[1783]] &ndash; The [[Montgolfier brothers]]' hot–air [[balloon]] marks the first [[human]] flight in this mode of transport, by [[Jean-Jacques Pilatre de Rozier]]. * [[1793]] &ndash; [[Marie Antoinette]] is sentenced to death, being executed the next day. * [[1815]] &ndash; [[Napoleon I of France]] begins his exile on [[Saint Helena (Britain)|St. Helena]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The first successful [[submarine]], the [[CSS Hunley|CSS ''Hunley'']] sinks during a test, killing its inventor. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Glasgow]], [[Glasgow, Missouri]]. The [[town]] surrenders its garrison to the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. * [[1878]] &ndash; The [[Edison Electric Company]] begins operation. * [[1880]] &ndash; [[Mexico|Mexican]] soldiers kill [[Victorio]], one of the greatest [[Apache Tribe|Apache]] military strategists. * [[1883]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] declares part of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1875