Page 2: Historical Events In December - 15

1675  On December - 15 john Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43   

1680  On this day in history tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal   

1688  On December - 15 lord Delamere sides with King James II [NS 12/25]   

1688  On this day in history gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54   

1699  On December - 15 henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63   

1712  On this day in history sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67   

1715  George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1720  On December - 15 j F Beck, writer   

1734  The birth of George Romney, English portrait painter on this day in history.   

1735  Cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer on December - 15.   

1745  On this day in history battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen & Austria   

1765  Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer on December - 15.   

1778  On this day in history godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies)   

1779  On this day in history manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62   

1785  On December - 15 king George IV of England marries his mistress, Maria Fitzherbert.   

1787  On December - 15 charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic   

1791  On December - 15 the Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution) becomes law, following ratification by the state of Virginia.   

1791  On this day in history 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania   

1792  On December - 15 the first US life insurance policy is issued in Philadelphia   

1792  On this day in history 1st life insurance policy issued in US (Phila)   

1792  Joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36 on December - 15.   

1793  On December - 15 henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy)   

1794  Revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France on December - 15.   

1802  On this day in history janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry)   

1803  August Freyer, composer on this day in history.   

1810  Irish magazine in US, the Shamrock, is firstpublished on December - 15.   

1810  1st Irish magazine in US, Shamrock, is published on December - 15.   

1812  Isidor Dannstrom, composer on December - 15.   

1815  Rossini gets assignment for Il barbiere di Siviglia on December - 15.   

1816  On this day in history charles Stanhope, a British earl, invented two early mechanical calculators, as well as a printing press, a microscope lens, and various other scientific devices.   

1816  Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44 on December - 15.   

1817  Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies on this day in history.   

1820  1st General pharmacopoeia in US published, Boston on this day in history.   

1821  Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer on December - 15.   

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1534  On this day in history birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1610  On December - 15 birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)   

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  On December - 15 birth of j F Beck, writer   

1025  On this day in history basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies   

1072  On this day in history death of alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)   

1230  On December - 15 ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies   

1263  On December - 15 death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)   

1515  On this day in history alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies   

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

1598  Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1621  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on December - 15.