Historical Events In February - 15

1789  On February - 15 friedrich Fesca, composer   

1795  Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign) on this day in history.   

1797  Battle of Cape St Vincent on February - 15.   

1797  Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) on this day in history.   

1799  First US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania on February - 15.   

1799  On February - 15 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania   

1800  Frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer on this day in history.   

1803  On February - 15 john Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill)   

1804  On February - 15 new Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery   

1805  Harmony Society is officially formed on February - 15.   

1807  On February - 15 ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer   

1809  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper) on February - 15.   

1811  On this day in history domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

1812  Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany) on February - 15.   

1817  Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter on February - 15.   

1818  Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1819  Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter) on February - 15.   

1820  Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette on February - 15.   

1820  On February - 15 pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63   

1821  On this day in history abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet   

1822  On February - 15 theodor Uhlig, composer   

1823  On February - 15 li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton   

1826  On this day in history george J Stoney, Irish physicist   

1828  On this day in history johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary)   

1829  Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake) on this day in history.   

1831  Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies on February - 15.   

1832  On February - 15 hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer, dies at 85   

1834  William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer on this day in history.   

1835  Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911 on February - 15.   

1835  On February - 15 henry Hunt, British politican, dies   

1841  On this day in history sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53   

1842  On February - 15 postage stamps with adhesive on the back are sold for the first time at the New York City post office.   

1842  1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC on February - 15.   

1844  Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86 on February - 15.   

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1368  On February - 15 birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)   

1483  On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer   

1043  On this day in history gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52   

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on this day in history.   

1152  On February - 15 konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

1503  On February - 15 henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on February - 15.   

1580  On February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on February - 15.   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on February - 15.