Page 3: Historical Events In December - 15

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 December - 15.   

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

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

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  On this day in history alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower)   

1836  On December - 15 patent Office burns in Washington DC   

1836  Patent Office burns in Wash, DC on this day in history.   

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

1839  Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1842  On December - 15 henry Gadsby, composer   

1848  Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress on December - 15.   

1852  Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies   

1854  First street-cleaning machine in US first used in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

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

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

1857  On December - 15 eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer   

1859  GR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun on December - 15.   

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

1860  On this day in history niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903)   

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

1861  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1863  Skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign) on December - 15.   

1863  On December - 15 arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon)   

1864  Battle of Nashville, TN on this day in history.   

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

1870  Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect on December - 15.   

1873  Pongrac Kacsoh, composer on this day in history.   

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  On December - 15 friedrich Niggli, composer   

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

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

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

1610  On this day in history birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)   

1648  On December - 15 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  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  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 December - 15 alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies   

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  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on this day in history.