Historical Events In December - 15
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
1822 On this day in history edward Stephen, composer
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 On December - 15 francesco D'Arcais, composer
1831 Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60 on December - 15.
1832 On December - 15 the birth of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer
1832 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower) on this day in history.
1836 On this day in history patent Office burns in Washington DC
1836 Patent Office burns in Wash, DC on December - 15.
1836 On this day in history 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 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 On December - 15 first street-cleaning machine in US first used in Philadelphia
1854 On this day in history 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 Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer on December - 15.
1859 GR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1861 Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
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 Battle of Nashville, TN on December - 15.
1868 Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in HokkaidÅ on this day in history.
1870 Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect on December - 15.
1873 On this day in history 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 On December - 15 1st reigning king to visit US (of Hawaii) received by Pres Grant
1875 Friedrich Niggli, composer on this day in history.
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