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  On February - 15 battle of Cape St Vincent   

1797  Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) on February - 15.   

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

1799  1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania on February - 15.   

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  On this day in history new Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery   

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

1807  On this day in history ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer   

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

1811  Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) on February - 15.   

1812  Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany) on February - 15.   

1817  Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter on this day in history.   

1818  On February - 15 charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69   

1819  On this day in history christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter)   

1820  Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette on February - 15.   

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  On this day in history li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton   

1826  On this day in history george J Stoney, Irish physicist   

1828  On February - 15 johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary)   

1829  Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake) on February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

1835  On this day in history 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  On this day in history postage stamps with adhesive on the back are sold for the first time at the New York City post office.   

1842  1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC on this day in history.   

1844  Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on February - 15.   

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  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on February - 15.   

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  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on February - 15.   

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

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