Page 2: Historical Events In February - 15

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

1677  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1726  On February - 15 abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence   

1740  Ernst Eichner, composer on this day in history.   

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

1759  On February - 15 friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)   

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 February - 15.   

1766  On February - 15 thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer   

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  Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer on this day in history.   

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

1775  On February - 15 angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI   

1778  On this day in history 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 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 February - 15.   

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

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on February - 15.   

1483  On this day in history birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on this day in history.   

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

1524  On this day in history 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  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

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 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 February - 15.   

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