Historical Events In December - 15

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 Hokkaidō 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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1534  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on December - 15.  

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

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on this day in history.  

1648  On this day in history birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)  

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

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer  

1720  On December - 15 birth of j F Beck, writer  

1025  Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on December - 15.  

1072  On December - 15 death of alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)  

1230  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.  

1263  On this day in history death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)  

1515  On this day in history alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies  

1576  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on December - 15.  

1598  On this day in history philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58  

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