This Day In European History

15th October

Events
1582: The Gregorian Calendar is adopted in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
1666: Charles II allegedly wears the first waistcoat.
1796: The Cispadane Republic is created in Italy.
1894: A French major called Alfred Dreyfus is arrested on charges of spying for Germany.
1964: Soviet President Nikita Khrushchev is forced out by rivals.

Births
70 BCE: Virgil, Roman poet.
1608: Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist.
1686: Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet.
1844: Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher.
1878: Paul Reynaud, French prime minister.
1881: PG Wodehouse, British author.

Deaths
961: Abd ar-Rahman III, ruler of Spain.
1817: Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish soldier.

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