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  On February - 15 jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41  

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 this day in history.  

1707  Claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist on this day in history.  

1710  Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74) on this day in history.  

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 February - 15.  

1740  On this day in history ernst Eichner, composer  

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

1745  On February - 15 colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny," premieres in London  

1748  Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian) on this day in history.  

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

1759  Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1760  On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer  

1761  On this day in history carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1768  On February - 15 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia  

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

1774  W G Frederik, prince of Orange on this day in history.  

1775  Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI on February - 15.  

1778  On February - 15 johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80  

1780  On February - 15 carel Asser, Dutch jurist  

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

1781  G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1783  Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer on February - 15.  

1785  On this day in history claude Louis Marie Navier  

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

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

1471  On February - 15 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 February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant  

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on February - 15.  

1524  On this day in history birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims  

1557  On this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer  

1043  On this day in history 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  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on February - 15.  

1503  On February - 15 henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies  

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

1580  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies  

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

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