Historical Events In February - 15

1666  On this day in history antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)  

1677  On February - 15 king Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands  

1680  Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris  

1689  On this day in history german Parliament declares war on France  

1701  On February - 15 adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80  

1705  On this day in history charles A Vanloo, French painter  

1707  Claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist on February - 15.  

1710  Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74) on February - 15.  

1713  On February - 15 anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies  

1726  Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence on February - 15.  

1740  On this day in history ernst Eichner, composer  

1744  Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1745  Colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny," premieres in London on this day in history.  

1748  On this day in history jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)  

1759  On this day in history friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)  

1759  Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89 on February - 15.  

1760  On February - 15 jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer  

1761  Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54 on February - 15.  

1763  On this day in history austria, Prussia & Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg  

1764  St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue on February - 15.  

1764  On February - 15 jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)  

1766  Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer on this day in history.  

1768  First mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia on February - 15.  

1768  On this day in history 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia  

1768  On February - 15 jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer  

1774  On February - 15 w G Frederik, prince of Orange  

1775  On this day in history angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI  

1778  Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1780  Carel Asser, Dutch jurist on this day in history.  

1780  William Blackstone, jurist, dies on this day in history.  

1781  G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52 on February - 15.  

1783  On this day in history johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer  

1785  Claude Louis Marie Navier on this day in history.  

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1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on February - 15.  

1458  On this day in history birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)  

1471  On this day in history birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)  

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on February - 15.  

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant  

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on this day in history.  

1524  On February - 15 birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims  

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on February - 15.  

1043  On February - 15 gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52  

1145  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies  

1152  On February - 15 konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58  

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on February - 15.  

1568  On this day in history hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36  

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on February - 15.  

1597  On this day in history pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66  

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.