Page 3: Historical Events In December - 15

1822  Edward Stephen, composer on December - 15.   

1822  On this day in history ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65   

1823  On December - 15 friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer   

1826  On this day in history william Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC   

1830  Francesco D'Arcais, composer on December - 15.   

1831  On this day in history paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60   

1832  The birth of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer on December - 15.   

1832  Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower) on this day in history.   

1836  On December - 15 patent Office burns in Washington DC   

1836  Patent Office burns in Wash, DC on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)   

1839  On this day in history matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66   

1842  On this day in history henry Gadsby, composer   

1848  On this day in history edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress   

1852  On December - 15 antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903)   

1853  On this day in history jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies   

1854  On this day in history first street-cleaning machine in US first used in Philadelphia   

1854  Philadelphia residents were amazed as the first street cleaning machine was put into operation on this day in history.   

1854  On December - 15 1st street-cleaning machine in US 1st used in Philadelphia   

1857  On December - 15 eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer   

1859  On this day in history gR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun   

1859  Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto) on December - 15.   

1860  On this day in history niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903)   

1861  On December - 15 charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)   

1861  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1863  On December - 15 skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign)   

1863  Arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon) on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Nashville, TN on December - 15.   

1868  On this day in history shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.   

1870  On December - 15 josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect   

1873  On this day in history pongrac Kacsoh, composer   

1874  On December - 15 david Kalakaua, king of the Sandwich Islands chain in the South Pacific and first regining king to visit the US, is received at the White House by US president Ulysses S. Grant.   

1874  1st reigning king to visit US (of Hawaii) received by Pres Grant on this day in history.   

1875  On December - 15 friedrich Niggli, composer   

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1534  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

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

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on December - 15.   

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

1072  Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on December - 15.   

1230  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on December - 15.   

1263  Death of King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) on December - 15.   

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

1576  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58   

1621  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on this day in history.