September 15 in History

Captures Riga

Captures Riga

Invades Estonia & captures Riga

Invades Estonia & captures Riga

Agrees a truce with the Confederate Irish on behalf of the King

Signs a truce with the Irish rebels to free his troops for service in England

Repudiates the 1682 declaration in an attempt to improve relations with the Pope

Softens conflict with the papacy over Gallican claims.

The right of remonstrance is restored to the parlement of Paris

The Jacobite forces reach Edinburgh

The British occupy New York

Joins his regiment in Lyons

Made suspensive by a vote of the National Assembly carried by 673 votes to 352

Made suspensive by a vote of the National Assembly carried by 673 votes to 352.

Made suspensive by a vote of the National Assembly carried by 673 votes to 352

Dismissed from list of Generals for not joining Hoches Army at Brest

Enters Moscow but Moscovites are ordered to leave the city, 15,000 remain

Abolishes slavery but Texas is later exempted from the anti-slavery decree

Assists engineering work on the world's first inter-city passenger railway.

Opens the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a public procession.

Attends the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

Opening of a German National Union formed by Bennigsen

The Nationalverein unites a "Little Germany" under Prussian leadership

Appointed acting President of Ecuador

Appointed President of Venezuela, 3rd term

Shakes hands with the Kaiser. A guest at military manoevres in Germany

Leads his supporters to victory in the first Union election.

General election outcome recorded for Louis Botha: Leads his supporters to victory in the first Union election.

Government context for this general election: Leads his supporters to victory in the first Union election.

Leads his supporters to victory in the first Union election.

Continues as prime minister after the September general election.

Marwitzs cavalry protects the flank of First Army during its retreat in the wake of the First Battle of the Marne

Defends delaying the operation of major Irish and Welsh constitutional legislation during the war.

Resigns from command before joining anti-government rebellion.

The magazine "New Youth" initiates the New Culture Movement, promotes science, democracy, and Vernacular Chinese literature. Chen Duxiu is one of the key figures in starting the New Culture Movement, publishing a journal called New Youth. He began with the intention of promoting individual freedom, science, democracy and the emancipation of women

The magazine "New Youth" initiates the New Culture Movement, promotes science, democracy, and Vernacular Chinese literature. The magazine is started by Chen Duxiu in Shanghai on 15 September 1915 in Shanghai. Chen Duxiu is one of the key figures in starting the New Culture Movement, publishing a journal called New Youth. He began with the intention of promoting individual freedom, science, democracy and the emancipation of women

Gives Parliament a broad review of the military and political situation.

Russell's division captures its objectives around the Switch Trench during the Flers-Courcelette attack.

Haig approves the first battlefield use of tanks during the attack at Flers-Courcelette.

Detention at Bykhov preserves future White commanders.

Appointed Chief of Staff

Appointed Chief of Staff

Writes to the Central Committee a for a 2nd time urging it to seize power. Does not receive a reply from the Central Comm & threatens to resign

Shot in Paris by the Germans for espionage

The Second Tusar Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

Begins the First Cerny Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

Hitler is denied a seat because he is Austrian, not German

Japan recognizes Manchukuo, followed only by Italy & Germany

Turkey signs a 10 year non-aggression pact with Greece

Turkey signs a 10 year non-aggression pact with Greece

Creates Reichsburger of "pure German blood"

Jews lose legal equality as Germany is divided into "subjects"& "citizens"

The Reichstag passes further anti-Semitic & Nuremberg laws. Jews are stripped of German citzenship

Jews lose legal equality as Germany is divided into "subjects"& "citizens"

Receives Chamberlain & confirms his determination to annex the Sudetenland

Receives Chamberlain & confirms his determination to annex the Sudetenland

Receives Chamberlain & confirms his determination to annex the Sudetenland

Chamberlain met Hitler at Berchtesgaden and heard his demand that German-majority districts be transferred from Czechoslovakia.

Henlein broke off negotiations with the Czechoslovak government and moved into Germany.

Hitler demanded recognition of Sudeten German self-determination during his first meeting with Chamberlain.

Visits Hitler who tells Chamberlain that he will annex the Sudetenland

Artillery bombardment of a city is introduced for the 1st time against Warsaw

A ceasefire forces Ueda to call off his counter-attack against the Russians

Warsaw is surrounded by German troops, Hitler orders its bombardment

Warsaw is surrounded by German troops, Hitler orders its bombardment

Warsaw is surrounded by German troops, Hitler orders its bombardment

The Operation begins on Adlertag ("Eagle Day") by German forces, elimination of British air cover had been set as one of the prerequisites for Sea Lion - the amphibious assault of Britain

Believing the RAF is broken Goering bombs London, 1,300 sorties are flown

Initial Luftwaffe estimates are that it will take four days to defeat the RAF Fighter Command in southern England

The Operation begins on Adlertag ("Eagle Day") by German forces, elimination of British air cover had been set as one of the prerequisites for Sea Lion - the amphibious assault of Britain

The Operation begins on Adlertag ("Eagle Day") by German forces, elimination of British air cover had been set as one of the prerequisites for Sea Lion - the amphibious assault of Britain. Initial Luftwaffe estimates are that it will take four days to defeat the RAF Fighter Command in southern England. Believing the RAF is broken Goering bombs London, 1,300 sorties are flown

Suspends operation Sea Lion scheduled for 27 September

Fermi's group begins receiving and preparing uranium and graphite for construction of Chicago Pile-1.

Awarded the Oak Leaf to the Knights Cross by Adolf Hitler

Takes leadership of the Republican Fascist Party as Mussolini rebuilds a Fascist regime under German protection.

Announces the re-creation of a Fascist political organization as the Republican Fascist Party.

Is appointed secretary of the newly reconstituted Republican Fascist Party.

Approves a plan to shoot Nazi leaders without trial

Appointed President of Ecuador

Directs the Inchon landings

Turns on a lighthouse beacon to help guide the X corps to their beacheads

The US forces launch a surprise landing at Inchon 150 miles north of the Pusan perimeter

US forces capture Inchon

Lands a United Nations force behind the lines to cut North Korean supply lines, only 20 marines die

National Service is extended to two years

UN forces land at Incheon and reverse North Korean gains.

Nasser's government demonstrates that Egyptian personnel can continue operating the canal after the pilot resignations.

Younis helps keep canal traffic moving after many foreign pilots leave their posts.

Begins a further short term as Prime Minister

Arrives for his official American tour and is welcomed by President Eisenhower.

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins an unprecedented visit to the United States.

Begins the first visit to the United States by a Soviet leader, meeting President Dwight Eisenhower.

The United States nuclear testing moratorium ends

Is killed in the racist bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church.

Is killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.

Is killed in the Birmingham church bombing.

Is killed in the Birmingham church bombing. This record concerns Cynthia Wesley and 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing.

HMS Resolution is commissioned as Britain's first Polaris ballistic missile submarine

The Kinks release Something Else by The Kinks.

Hunt, Liddy, and the 5 Watergate burglars were indicted by a federal grand jury

Hunt, Liddy, and the 5 Watergate burglars were indicted by a federal grand jury

Hunt and fellow operative G. Gordon Liddy, along with the five burglars arrested at the Watergate, were indicted on federal charges

Hunt and fellow operative G. Gordon Liddy, along with the five burglars arrested at the Watergate, were indicted on federal charges

Hunt, Liddy, and the 5 Watergate burglars were indicted by a federal grand jury

Hunt, Liddy, and the 5 Watergate burglars were indicted by a federal grand jury

Is indicted for his role in planning and supporting the Watergate burglary and bugging operation.

Is indicted by a federal grand jury with six others on charges arising from the Democratic National Committee burglary and electronic surveillance.

Succeeds as King of Sweden

Voyager 1 completes near-Earth activities and begins its cruise toward Jupiter.

The Israeli army occupies Beirut

The Israeli army occupies Beirut

The Israeli army occupies Beirut

The Jewish town of Misgav was built on land seized from the Palestinians over 3 decades, its 7,000 Jewish residents have jurisdiction over 183,000 dunams (a quarter-acre), while the areas 200,000 Arabs reside on 200,000 dunams

The Israeli army occupies Beirut

The Israeli army occupies Beirut

Resigns due to ill health

Re-interred in a Russian orthodox chapel at Brookwood cemetery, Surrey

Khmer Rouge announce a greater focus on political struggle

Magellan begins its first radar mapping cycle, imaging the cloud-hidden surface of Venus at far higher resolution than previous missions.

Security Council authorizes international force for East Timor

Pakistan agrees to support the US in any invasion of Afghanistan

Pakistan agrees to support the US in any invasion of Afghanistan

UN and Cambodia continue negotiations over tribunal support

Releases Reality and begins what becomes his final major concert tour.

The Fourth David Oddsson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Begins the Halldor Asgrimsson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

At a United Nations high-level summit, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad states Iran had the right to develop a civil nuclear-power program within the terms of the 1970 Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons

At a United Nations high-level summit, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad states Iran had the right to develop a civil nuclear-power program within the terms of the 1970 Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons

At a United Nations high-level summit, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad states Iran had the right to develop a civil nuclear-power program within the terms of the 1970 Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons

At a United Nations high-level summit, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad states Iran had the right to develop a civil nuclear-power program within the terms of the 1970 Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons

Mugabe signs a power-sharing agreement with the two MDC formations.

Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy after failing to obtain a buyer or government rescue.

Merrill Lynch agrees to be acquired by Bank of America during the market panic.

Bank of America agrees to purchase Merrill Lynch as financial-market turmoil intensifies.

Tsvangirai signs the agreement creating a framework for a government of national unity.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenbergs red-green alliance wins a second four-year term in office

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenbergs red-green alliance wins a second four-year term in office

A United Nations commission headed by South African judge Richard Goldstone charges both Israel and Palestinian militant groups with committing war crimes in Gaza

The Fixed-term Parliaments Act receives royal assent.

al-Bakhit participates in political reform connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Tunisia held the first round of an early presidential election.

Signs the Abraham Accords with Israel.

Signs the Abraham Accords with Israel.

Signs the Abraham Accords normalisation agreement with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Hosts the signing of the Abraham Accords.

Announces the AUKUS security partnership.

Birth of Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke

Birth of William Howard Taft

Birth of Creighton Abrams

Birth of Margaret Lockwood

Is fatally injured by Stephenson's Rocket during the Liverpool and Manchester Railway opening.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel dies at the age of fifty-three after a career transforming railways, bridges, tunnels and ships.

Is killed by police before the rebellion spreads.

Death of Mata Hari, executed for espionage

Approves a plan to shoot Nazi leaders without trial

Death of Rick Wright

Clinton provides naval artillery support against the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie

Defeats a Chinese force defending Pyongyang

The Chinese withdraw to the Yalu where they are supported by Admiral Ting Ju-Chang

Trench warfare begins. The front is established alog the Aisne, Vesle, Argonne, Meuse hills, Moselle & Vosges

Trench warfare begins. The front is established alog the Aisne, Vesle, Argonne, Meuse hills, Moselle & Vosges

Marwitzs cavalry protects the flank of First Army during its retreat in the wake of the First Battle of the Marne

Raymond Asquith, son of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, is killed during the attack near Ginchy.

Commands German First Army forces resisting the British and Dominion attacks on the Somme front.

Commands Canadian Corps as Canadian troops enter the Somme battle and attack toward Courcelette.

British tanks are used in battle for the first time during the Somme offensive.

Orders the Somme offensive to continue as tanks are used in battle for the first time.

Commands British Fourth Army during the attack against Flers, Martinpuich and Courcelette.

Leads New Zealand Division in its first major Western Front action during the Somme offensive.

Russell's New Zealand Division enters the Somme offensive near Flers.

Plays a key part in the capture of Bainsizza, Yugoslavia

Japan suffers a major defeat by the Russians on the Manchurian frontier. A ceasefire forces Ueda to call off his counter-attack against the Russians

Leads fighters from Duxford during the major September battles.

Supports the use of large Big Wing formations against Luftwaffe bombers.

Oversees defence during the decisive daylight air battle.

Observes Fighter Command committing its available squadrons against the raids.

Visits No. 11 Group headquarters during the climactic daylight attacks.

Coordinates Fighter Command during the decisive September air battles.

The day's German losses undermine hopes of defeating Fighter Command.

Claims a Bf 110 destroyed on Battle of Britain Day.

Contributes to No. 303 Squadron's strong record during the battle.

Initial Luftwaffe estimates are that it will take four days to defeat the RAF Fighter Command in southern England

Bombing on London peaks. Believing the RAF is broken Goering bombs London, 1,300 sorties are flown. 56 German planes are downed compared with 26 British. 1,000 bombers & 700 fighters rage over the London

Bomber command destroys 200 barges in France & Low Country ports

Commits available fighter squadrons against two large Luftwaffe assaults on London.

Directs No. 11 Group during the major attacks later called Battle of Britain Day.

Begins to build up ground forces at Guadalcanal, reaches 20,000

Sent to support the defence of Guadalcanal

March 15-March 19, 37 U-boats chase 98 merchant ships sinking 21 & losing 1 U-boat

Is crowned Emperor of Russia in Moscow several months after succeeding Paul I.