What happend on 15th September

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16.09
1914

World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.

1894

First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Ping Yang.

1883

The Bombay Natural History Society is founded in Bombay (now Mumbai), India.

1873

Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.

1862

American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

1857

Timothy Alder patents the typesetting machine.

1851

Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1835

The HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands.

1831

The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.

1830

The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens (see also deaths, below).