Page 4: Historical Events In February - 15

1845  William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, first uses 72" (183 cm) reflector on this day in history.   

1845  On February - 15 william Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector   

1845  On February - 15 elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)   

1847  Robert Fuchs, composer on February - 15.   

1848  Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston on February - 15.   

1849  On this day in history pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44   

1851  On February - 15 black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave   

1851  On February - 15 black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave   

1852  On February - 15 great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits first patient   

1852  On this day in history great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient   

1855  On February - 15 gustav Hollaender, composer   

1856  On this day in history frank Harris, Galway England, writer   

1857  Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1858  William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) on February - 15.   

1861  On this day in history ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)   

1861  On this day in history alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)   

1862  Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson TN on February - 15.   

1862  Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee on this day in history.   

1864  Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans on February - 15.   

1864  On this day in history fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans   

1864  On February - 15 israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies   

1865  On this day in history nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies   

1866  Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian on February - 15.   

1869  Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped on February - 15.   

1870  On February - 15 ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN   

1870  Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn on February - 15.   

1872  On February - 15 in Victoria British Columbia, the Provincial Legislature meets for the first time as a Province of Canada   

1874  Emilis Melngailis, composer on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history historic Elm at Boston blown down   

1879  U.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court on this day in history.   

1879  On February - 15 congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct   

1881  On this day in history canadian Pacific Railway Act receives the Royal Assent. A Royal Charter pursuant to the Act was granted on February 16th - this incorporated the company. The principal terms provided for the payment to the railway of a subsidy of $25,000,000 and 25,000,000 acres of land, plus the railways (Port Arthur-Selkirk-Winnipeg-Emerson and Port Moody-Savona) already contracted for by the government, upon their completion.   

1882  First cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin on this day in history.   

1882  The birth of John Barrymore, American actor on this day in history.   

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1368  On this day in history birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  On February - 15 birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On this day in history birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on February - 15.   

1568  On this day in history hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on February - 15.   

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1600  On February - 15 jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)