15 September - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on September 15, the day number in a year is 258 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 259. September 15 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
September 15 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1440 | French knight Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serialkillers, was taken into custody upon an accusation brought against himby the Bishop of Nantes. |
| 1707 | Ferenc Rococci II, Prince of Transylvania and Tsar Peter negotiated the Social Security Agreement. |
| 1718 | Dzinger Khanate destroyed a king's army at the Battle of the Salween River. |
| 1762 | Battle of Signal Hill: British troops defeated the French. |
| 1821 | Central American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua gained independence. |
| 1830 | The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened asthe first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major cities. |
| 1830 | William Huskisson, an English man, was the first passenger to die in a rail accident. |
| 1831 | The John Bull, the oldest operable steam locomotivein the world, ran for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad. |
| 1846 | Jung Bahadur Rana came to power in Nepal. |
| 1846 | Nepal was captured by Jung Bahadur Rana. |
| 1851 | St. Joseph's University founded in Philadelphia. |
| 1862 | American Civil War-Confederate forces captured the Uniongarrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, taking more than 12,000 prisoners. |
| 1883 | Opened to students at the University of Texas at Austin. |
| 1894 | Japan defeated China in the Battle of Pyongyang on this day itself. |
| 1896 | Crash on stunt on crush train wreck conducted in Texas. |
| 1916 | The British launch a major offensive against the Germans at the Battle of the Somme, using 40 primitive tanks for the first time in history. |
| 1916 | Tanks, the 'secret weapons' of the British Army during theFirst World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of the Somme inSomme, Picardy, France, leading to strategic Allied victory. |
| 1916 | Tanks were used in the Battle of the Somme for the first time during World War I. |
| 1935 | German Jews are stripped of their citizenship, reducing them to subjects of the state, this was only part of Hitler changes to Jews as they were disqualified from public office and professions, and also not allowed to marry Aryans. |
| 1935 | Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws, which deprived GermanJews of citizenship, and adopted a new national flag emblazoned with aswastika. |
| 1935 | The swastika flag became the official flag of Germany. |
| 1944 | American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupiedisland of Morotai, starting the Battle of Morotai. |
| 1948 | The first flag of independent India reached the port of INS-Delhi Bombay (now Mumbai). |
| 1951 | Communist China has taken control of the capitol of 'The Roof of The World' Tibet, and communist trained priests have been sent to take charge of the Dalai Lama's Realm. |
| 1958 | The virus of the deadly disease trachoma was first discovered in medical science. |
| 1959 | India's national broadcasting service Doordarshan started in Delhi for the first time. |
| 1963 | A bomb planted by members of the Ku Klux Klan exploded in the16th Street Baptist Church, an African American Baptist church inBirmingham, Alabama, US, killing four children and injuring at least 22others. |
| 1982 | The elected President of Lebanon, Bashir Gamayel, was killed in a bomb blast before he took office. |
| 1991 | Macedonia, located in the south eastern region of Europe, declared its independence from Yugoslavia. |
| 1998 | Google.com registered as domain name. |
| 2004 | Hurricane Ivan hits Alabama and Florida killing nearly 30. |
| 2004 | Woman of the Year honor to British citizen Gurinder Chadha. |
| 2006 | The Fourteenth Non-Aligned Movement Summit began in Havana, Cuba. |
| 2008 | Lehman Brothers, one of the largest banks in America, declared itself bankrupt. |
| 2009 | A United Nations report into the Gaza War alleges both Israeli and Palestinian forces committed war crimes. |
| 2010 | Pieces of an ancient necropolis taken from Egypt in 1999 are discovered in an antiques shop in Spain. |
| 2011 | The United States designates the Indian Mujahideen as a terrorist organization. |
| 2012 | The Irish Daily Star becomes the second tabloid newspaper to publish topless photographs of Kate Middleton, prompting media boss Richard Desmond to close down the joint venture between Independent News and Media and his Northern and Shell group that published the paper. |
| 2013 | Japan switches off its last working nuclear reactor for a scheduled inspection with no restart in sight. |
| 2014 | Microsoft agrees to buy Swedish company Mojang, the makers of Minecraft, for US$2.5 billion. |
| 2014 | Eva Kopacz became Prime Minister of Poland. |
Famous Birthdays of September 15:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1906 | Jacques Becker / Actor / France |
| 1924 | Mordechai Tzipori / Politician / Israel |
| 1919 | Nelson Gidding / Author / United States of America |
| 1986 | Joshna Chinappa / Player / India |
| 1958 | Wendie Jo Sperber / Actress / United States of America |
| 1904 | Sheilah Graham Westbrook / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 1909 | C. N. Annadurai / Politician / India |
| 1963 | Pete Myers / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1925 | Helle Virkner / Actress / Denmark |
| 1913 | Henry Brant / Composer / Canada |
| 1925 | Stanley Chapman / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1983 | Luke Hochevar / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1946 | Howard Waldrop / Author / United States of America |
| 1903 | Roy Acuff / Writer / United States of America |
| 1946 | Oliver Stone / Writer / United States of America |
| 1947 | Viggo Jensen / Footballer / Denmark |
| 1922 | Jackie Cooper / Actor / United States of America |
| 1980 | Mike Dunleavy Jr. / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1976 | Matt Thornton / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1857 | Anna Winlock / Academic / United States of America |
| 1929 | Murray Gell-Mann / Academic / United States of America |
| 1917 | Hilde Gueden / Soprano / Austria |
| 1924 | Lucebert / Poet / Netherlands |
| 1922 | Bob Anderson / Choreographer / United Kingdom |
| 1946 | Mike Procter / Cricketer / South Africa |
| 1879 | Joseph Lyons / Politician / Australia |
| 1931 | Brian Henderson / Actor / Australia |
| 1964 | Steve Watkin / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 1933 | Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos / Composer / Spain |
| 1918 | Nipsey Russell / Actor / United States of America |
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Read in Hindi : 15 सितम्बर की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं