On This Day: September 15th

The Grande Armée under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow during the failed French invasion of Russia.

Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic.

French Revolutionary Wars: Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign.

The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.

American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.

Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.

Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.

Appearance of the miraculous portrait of Saint Dominic in Soriano in Soriano Calabro, Calabria, Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the Roman Catholic Church 1644-1912.

Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes.

Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.