Historical Events In February - 15

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

1677  King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands on this day in history.  

1680  Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41 on February - 15.  

1686  Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1689  On February - 15 german Parliament declares war on France  

1701  Adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80 on February - 15.  

1705  Charles A Vanloo, French painter on February - 15.  

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

1710  On February - 15 louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74)  

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

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

1740  Ernst Eichner, composer on February - 15.  

1744  On February - 15 frantisek Antonin Mica, composer, dies at 49  

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  Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena) on February - 15.  

1759  On this day in history alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89  

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

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

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 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  Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer on February - 15.  

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

1775  On February - 15 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 February - 15.  

1780  On this day in history william Blackstone, jurist, dies  

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

1783  Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer on February - 15.  

1785  Claude Louis Marie Navier on February - 15.  

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1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on this day in history.  

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on February - 15.  

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  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on this day in history.  

1519  On February - 15 birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)  

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on this day in history.  

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on February - 15.  

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

1152  On this day in history 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 February - 15 pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66  

1600  On this day in history jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)