Page 3: Historical Events In February - 15

1789  On February - 15 friedrich Fesca, composer   

1795  On this day in history charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)   

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 this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania   

1800  On this day in history frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer   

1803  John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill) on February - 15.   

1804  New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery on February - 15.   

1805  On February - 15 harmony Society is officially formed.   

1807  On February - 15 ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer   

1809  On February - 15 cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper)   

1811  Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) on this day in history.   

1812  Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany) on this day in history.   

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

1818  On February - 15 charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69   

1819  On February - 15 christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter)   

1820  On this day in history susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette   

1820  Pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1822  On February - 15 theodor Uhlig, composer   

1823  Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton on this day in history.   

1826  On February - 15 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 February - 15.   

1831  On February - 15 henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies   

1832  On this day in history hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer, dies at 85   

1834  On February - 15 william Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer   

1835  On this day in history alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911   

1835  Henry Hunt, British politican, dies on this day in history.   

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

1844  On this day in history henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86   

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1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on this day in history.   

1458  On this day in history birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

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

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on February - 15.   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on this day in history.   

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on February - 15.   

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on February - 15.   

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on February - 15.   

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1145  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on February - 15.   

1503  On this day in history henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on this day in history.   

1597  On February - 15 pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.