Page 2: Historical Events In December - 15

1675  On this day in history john Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43   

1680  Tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal on December - 15.   

1688  Lord Delamere sides with King James II [NS 12/25] on this day in history.   

1688  On December - 15 gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54   

1699  Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63 on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67   

1715  George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1720  J F Beck, writer on this day in history.   

1734  The birth of George Romney, English portrait painter on December - 15.   

1735  On this day in history cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer   

1745  Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen & Austria on December - 15.   

1765  Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer on December - 15.   

1778  On December - 15 godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies)   

1779  On this day in history manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62   

1785  King George IV of England marries his mistress, Maria Fitzherbert on December - 15.   

1787  Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic on December - 15.   

1791  On this day in history the Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution) becomes law, following ratification by the state of Virginia.   

1791  1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania on December - 15.   

1792  On December - 15 the first US life insurance policy is issued in Philadelphia   

1792  On this day in history 1st life insurance policy issued in US (Phila)   

1792  Joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy)   

1794  On December - 15 revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France   

1802  On this day in history janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry)   

1803  On this day in history august Freyer, composer   

1810  On December - 15 irish magazine in US, the Shamrock, is firstpublished   

1810  1st Irish magazine in US, Shamrock, is published on December - 15.   

1812  On December - 15 isidor Dannstrom, composer   

1815  On this day in history rossini gets assignment for Il barbiere di Siviglia   

1816  On this day in history charles Stanhope, a British earl, invented two early mechanical calculators, as well as a printing press, a microscope lens, and various other scientific devices.   

1816  Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1817  Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies on December - 15.   

1820  1st General pharmacopoeia in US published, Boston on December - 15.   

1821  Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer on December - 15.   

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1534  On this day in history birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on December - 15.   

1648  On December - 15 birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)   

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

1720  On this day in history birth of j F Beck, writer   

1025  On December - 15 basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies   

1072  On December - 15 death of alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)   

1230  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.   

1263  On December - 15 death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)   

1515  On December - 15 alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies   

1576  On this day in history joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53   

1598  Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on December - 15.   

1621  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on December - 15.