Page 2: Historical Events In December - 15

1675  John Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 15 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  On December - 15 george Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73   

1720  On December - 15 j F Beck, writer   

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

1735  On this day in history cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer   

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

1765  Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer on this day in history.   

1778  On December - 15 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 this day in history king George IV of England marries his mistress, Maria Fitzherbert.   

1787  Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic on this day in history.   

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

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

1792  The first US life insurance policy is issued in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

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

1792  On December - 15 joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36   

1793  Henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history irish magazine in US, the Shamrock, is firstpublished   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1820  On December - 15 1st General pharmacopoeia in US published, Boston   

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 this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on December - 15.   

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

1648  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on this day in history.   

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  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.   

1263  Death of King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) on December - 15.   

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  On December - 15 philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58   

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