Historical Events In December - 15

1675  John Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43 on December - 15.  

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

1688  Lord Delamere sides with King James II [NS 12/25] on December - 15.  

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

1699  Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63 on December - 15.  

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

1715  On this day in history george Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73  

1720  On this day in history j F Beck, writer  

1734  On this day in history the birth of George Romney, English portrait painter  

1735  On December - 15 cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer  

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

1765  On December - 15 philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer  

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

1779  Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1787  On this day in history charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic  

1791  The Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution) becomes law, following ratification by the state of Virginia on this day in history.  

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

1792  On this day in history the first US life insurance policy is issued in Philadelphia  

1792  1st life insurance policy issued in US (Phila) on December - 15.  

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

1793  Henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy) on December - 15.  

1794  On December - 15 revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France  

1802  On December - 15 janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry)  

1803  August Freyer, composer on December - 15.  

1810  On December - 15 irish magazine in US, the Shamrock, is firstpublished  

1810  1st Irish magazine in US, Shamrock, is published on this day in history.  

1812  On December - 15 isidor Dannstrom, composer  

1815  Rossini gets assignment for Il barbiere di Siviglia on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44  

1817  Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies on December - 15.  

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

1821  Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer on this day in history.  

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1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer  

1567  On December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer  

1574  On this day in history birth of samuel Besler, composer  

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on December - 15.  

1648  On December - 15 birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)  

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on December - 15.  

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on this day in history.  

1720  On this day in history birth of j F Beck, writer  

1025  Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on December - 15.  

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

1230  On this day in history ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies  

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

1515  Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on December - 15.  

1576  On this day in history joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53  

1598  Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on December - 15.  

1621  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on this day in history.