Page 2: Historical Events In December - 15

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

1680  On December - 15 tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal   

1688  On this day in history lord Delamere sides with King James II [NS 12/25]   

1688  Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54 on December - 15.   

1699  Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63 on this day in history.   

1712  On December - 15 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  The birth of George Romney, English portrait painter on this day in history.   

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

1745  Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen & Austria on December - 15.   

1765  On December - 15 philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer   

1778  Godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies) on December - 15.   

1779  On December - 15 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  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  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  1st life insurance policy issued in US (Phila) on December - 15.   

1792  On this day in history 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 December - 15 janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry)   

1803  August Freyer, composer on December - 15.   

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

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

1812  Isidor Dannstrom, composer on this day in history.   

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

1816  On December - 15 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 this day in history.   

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  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on this day in history.   

1567  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1610  On this day in history birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)   

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

1657  On December - 15 birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on December - 15.   

1025  On December - 15 basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies   

1072  On December - 15 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  On this day in history death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)   

1515  On December - 15 alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies   

1576  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on December - 15.   

1598  On December - 15 philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58   

1621  On this day in history charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43