6_15 Events in History.

439 Historic Events for June 15

1590 Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther Event
1623 Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham) Birth
1626 King Charles I disbands English parliament Event
1636 Johann David Mayer, composer Birth
1638 Samuel Apostool, Dutch vicar/theologist (The Sun) Birth
1643 Able Tasmania returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania Event
1664 NJ established Event
1666 Pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies Death
1677 Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer, dies at 67 Death
1702 Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies Death

1703 Gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58 Death
1708 Romeyn de Hooghe, painter/goldsmith, buried at 62 Death
1728 Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer Birth
1734 Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer Birth
1741 Capt Bering leaves Petropavlovsk, sailing to America Event
1749 George Joseph Vogler, composer Birth
1752 Ben Franklin's performs his kite-flying experiment Event
1760 Antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69 Death
1762 Austria uses 1st paper currency Event
1763 Franz Danzi, composer Birth
1767 Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of Pres Andrew (1828-37) (died 1828) Birth
1772 Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 Death
1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army Event
1779 General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, Bronx Event
1785 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident Event