Page 3: Historical Events In December - 15
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1822 On this day in history edward Stephen, composer
1822 On this day in history ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65
1823 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer on this day in history.
1826 William Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC on December - 15.
1830 On December - 15 francesco D'Arcais, composer
1831 On December - 15 paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
1832 The birth of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower)
1836 On this day in history patent Office burns in Washington DC
1836 On December - 15 patent Office burns in Wash, DC
1836 Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel) on December - 15.
1839 Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1842 Henry Gadsby, composer on December - 15.
1848 Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress on December - 15.
1852 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1854 Philadelphia residents were amazed as the first street cleaning machine was put into operation on this day in history.
1854 On this day in history 1st street-cleaning machine in US 1st used in Philadelphia
1857 On December - 15 eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer
1859 On December - 15 gR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun
1859 On December - 15 ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)
1860 Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.
1861 Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US) on December - 15.
1861 Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on December - 15.
1863 On this day in history skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign)
1863 Arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon) on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history battle of Nashville, TN
1868 Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in HokkaidÅ on this day in history.
1870 Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect on December - 15.
1873 On December - 15 pongrac Kacsoh, composer
1874 On December - 15 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 December - 15.
1875 On December - 15 friedrich Niggli, composer
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