What is September 15?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[668]] &ndash; Eastern Roman Emperor [[Constans II]] is murdered in his bath. * [[1440]] &ndash; [[Gilles de Rais]], one of the earliest–known [[serial killer]]s, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the [[Bishop]] of [[Nantes]]. * [[1616]] &ndash; The first non–[[aristocrat]]ic free public [[school]] in [[Europe]] is opened in Frascati, [[Italy]]. * [[1762]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Signal Hill]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] forces land at Kip's Bay, during the [[New York Campaign]]. * [[1789]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of State]] is founded, as the Department of Foreign Affairs. * [[1812]] &ndash; The French army under [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] enters [[Moscow]]. * [[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: A second supply [[train]] sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the [[Attack of the Narrows]]. * [[1820]] &ndash; Constitutionalist Revolution in [[Lisbon]] * [[1821]] &ndash; [[Guatemala]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]] and [[Costa Rica]] jointly declare independence from [[Spain]]. * [[1830]] &ndash; The [[Liverpool]] to [[Manchester]] [[railway]] line opens. On the same day, [[William Huskisson]] becomes the first [[railway]] [[Death|fatality]] after being hit by a [[locomotive]]. * [[1835]] &ndash; The [[HMS Beagle]] arrives in the [[Galapagos Islands]] with a young [[Charles Darwin]] on board. * [[1851]] &ndash; [[Saint Joseph's University]] is founded in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces capture [[Harper's Ferry]], then in [[Virginia]], now in [[West Virginia]]. * [[1873]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The last German troops leave [[France]]. * [[1875]] &ndash; Indianola, [[Texas]], is destroyed by a [[Hurricane]], killing between 150 and 300 people. * [[1894]] &ndash; [[First Sino-Japanese War]]: [[Japan]] defeats [[China]] in the