Page 3: Historical Events In December - 15

1822  On December - 15 edward Stephen, composer   

1822  Ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65 on December - 15.   

1823  On this day in history friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer   

1826  On this day in history william Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC   

1830  Francesco D'Arcais, composer on this day in history.   

1831  Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60 on December - 15.   

1832  On this day in history the birth of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer   

1832  Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower) on this day in history.   

1836  Patent Office burns in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1836  Patent Office burns in Wash, DC on December - 15.   

1836  On December - 15 edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)   

1839  On December - 15 matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66   

1842  Henry Gadsby, composer on December - 15.   

1848  On this day in history edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress   

1852  On December - 15 antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903)   

1853  Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies on this day in history.   

1854  First street-cleaning machine in US first used in Philadelphia on December - 15.   

1854  On this day in history philadelphia residents were amazed as the first street cleaning machine was put into operation.   

1854  1st street-cleaning machine in US 1st used in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer   

1859  On this day in history gR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun   

1859  On this day in history ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)   

1860  Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)   

1861  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on December - 15.   

1863  On December - 15 skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign)   

1863  Arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon) on December - 15.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Nashville, TN   

1868  Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō on December - 15.   

1870  On December - 15 josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect   

1873  Pongrac Kacsoh, composer on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history david Kalakaua, king of the Sandwich Islands chain in the South Pacific and first regining king to visit the US, is received at the White House by US president Ulysses S. Grant.   

1874  1st reigning king to visit US (of Hawaii) received by Pres Grant on this day in history.   

1875  Friedrich Niggli, 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 December - 15.   

1574  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on December - 15.   

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

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 this day in history.