Page 3: Historical Events In April - 06
Sunday, 15 February 2026
1812 Aaron Bernstein, writer 

1815 English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed 

1815 Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer. 

1817 Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78 

1818 Francis Henry Brown, composer 

1819 Johann A H Scheler, Belgian librarian 

1822 Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62 

1823 Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune). 

1826 Gustave Moreau, French painter 

1828 Charles William Field, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892. 

1829 Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26. 

1830 Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY. 

1830 Mormon church founded in the United States. 

1830 James Augustine Healy, Macon Ga, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop. 

1833 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskrit, Old Javan) 

1835 Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer. 

1838 Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74 

1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri. 

1844 Joseph Ludwig, composer 

1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality 

1849 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le Prophete," premieres in Paris 

1851 Canadian postal service transferred from British control; sets uniform postal rate of 3 pence a letter 

1853 Asteroid 25, Phocaea discovered. 

1853 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #25 Phocaea 

1854 William Strickland US architect, dies. 

1854 William Strickland, US architect, dies. 

1855 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #34 Circe. 

1859 US recognizes Liberal government in Mâxico's War of the Reform. 

1859 US recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform 

1860 Joseph Smith III, creates the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by reorganizing the previous church organized by his father, Joseph Smith, Jr 

1860 René Lalique, French jewel designer 

1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee. 

1862 Naval Gunfire from Tyler and Lexington help save Union Troops at Battle of Shiloh 

1862 Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51. 

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