Page 3: Historical Events In February - 15

1789  On this day in history friedrich Fesca, composer   

1795  On February - 15 charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)   

1797  Battle of Cape St Vincent on February - 15.   

1797  On February - 15 henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)   

1799  On February - 15 first US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania   

1799  On this day in history 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania   

1800  On February - 15 frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer   

1803  On this day in history john Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill)   

1804  New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery on February - 15.   

1805  On this day in history harmony Society is officially formed.   

1807  On February - 15 ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer   

1809  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper) on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

1812  On this day in history charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany)   

1817  On February - 15 charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter   

1818  On this day in history charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69   

1819  Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter) on this day in history.   

1820  Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette on this day in history.   

1820  On February - 15 pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63   

1821  On this day in history abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet   

1822  Theodor Uhlig, composer on February - 15.   

1823  Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton on February - 15.   

1826  George J Stoney, Irish physicist on this day in history.   

1828  Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary) on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake)   

1831  On February - 15 henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies   

1832  On February - 15 hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer, dies at 85   

1834  William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer on this day in history.   

1835  On February - 15 alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911   

1835  Henry Hunt, British politican, dies on February - 15.   

1841  Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53 on February - 15.   

1842  Postage stamps with adhesive on the back are sold for the first time at the New York City post office on February - 15.   

1842  On February - 15 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC   

1844  On this day in history henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86   

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1368  On this day in history birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  On February - 15 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  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on this day in history.   

1497  On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

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

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  On February - 15 jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)