Page 2: 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 December - 15.   

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

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 December - 15 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  J F Beck, writer on this day in history.   

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

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

1745  Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen & Austria on this day in history.   

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  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  On December - 15 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania   

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 this day in history.   

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

1793  On this day in history henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy)   

1794  Revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France on December - 15.   

1802  Janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry) on this day in history.   

1803  August Freyer, composer on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history irish magazine in US, the Shamrock, is firstpublished   

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

1812  On December - 15 isidor Dannstrom, composer   

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

1816  Charles Stanhope, a British earl, invented two early mechanical calculators, as well as a printing press, a microscope lens, and various other scientific devices on December - 15.   

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  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 December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

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

1648  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on December - 15.   

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

1667  On December - 15 birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

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

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

1072  Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on this day in history.   

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

1263  Death of King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) on this day in history.   

1515  Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on this day in history.   

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.