Page 3: Historical Events In December - 15

1822  Edward Stephen, composer on this day in history.   

1822  On December - 15 ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65   

1823  On December - 15 friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer   

1826  William Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC on this day in history.   

1830  Francesco D'Arcais, composer on December - 15.   

1831  Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1832  The birth of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer on this day in history.   

1832  On December - 15 alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower)   

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 this day in history matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66   

1842  Henry Gadsby, composer on this day in history.   

1848  Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress on this day in history.   

1852  Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) on December - 15.   

1853  On December - 15 jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies   

1854  On December - 15 first street-cleaning machine in US first used in Philadelphia   

1854  On December - 15 philadelphia residents were amazed as the first street cleaning machine was put into operation.   

1854  On December - 15 1st street-cleaning machine in US 1st used in Philadelphia   

1857  On December - 15 eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer   

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

1859  Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto) on December - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1863  On December - 15 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  On December - 15 shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.   

1870  On December - 15 josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect   

1873  Pongrac Kacsoh, composer on December - 15.   

1874  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 on December - 15.   

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

1875  Friedrich Niggli, composer on December - 15.   

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1534  On this day in history birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on December - 15.   

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

1657  On this day in history birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

1667  On December - 15 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  On December - 15 ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies   

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

1515  Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on December - 15.   

1576  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1598  Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on December - 15.   

1621  On December - 15 charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43