Historical Events In February - 15

1666  Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis) on February - 15.  

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  Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1689  German Parliament declares war on France on February - 15.  

1701  On this day in history adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80  

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

1707  On February - 15 claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist  

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

1713  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies on February - 15.  

1726  Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence on this day in history.  

1740  Ernst Eichner, composer on February - 15.  

1744  On this day in history frantisek Antonin Mica, composer, dies at 49  

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

1748  On February - 15 jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)  

1759  Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena) on this day in history.  

1759  On February - 15 alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89  

1760  Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer on February - 15.  

1761  On February - 15 carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54  

1763  Austria, Prussia & Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg on February - 15.  

1764  On this day in history st Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue  

1764  Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker) on this day in history.  

1766  Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer on February - 15.  

1768  On February - 15 first mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia  

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

1768  On this day in history jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer  

1774  On this day in history w G Frederik, prince of Orange  

1775  Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI on this day in history.  

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

1780  On this day in history carel Asser, Dutch jurist  

1780  William Blackstone, jurist, dies on February - 15.  

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

1783  Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer on February - 15.  

1785  On February - 15 claude Louis Marie Navier  

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1368  On February - 15 birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)  

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  On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30  

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 February - 15.  

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

1557  On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer  

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1145  On February - 15 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 this day in history.  

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1580  On February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies  

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on February - 15.  

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on February - 15.