Historical Events In February - 15

1789  Friedrich Fesca, composer on February - 15.  

1795  Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign) on February - 15.  

1797  Battle of Cape St Vincent on this day in history.  

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

1799  First US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania on this day in history.  

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

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

1803  On February - 15 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 February - 15 harmony Society is officially formed.  

1807  On February - 15 ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer  

1809  On February - 15 cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper)  

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

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

1817  On this day in history 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  On this day in history susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette  

1820  On this day in history pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63  

1821  On February - 15 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  On this day in history george J Stoney, Irish physicist  

1828  Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary) on February - 15.  

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

1831  Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies on February - 15.  

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

1834  On February - 15 william Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer  

1835  Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911 on February - 15.  

1835  On this day in history henry Hunt, British politican, dies  

1841  Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

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

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on February - 15.  

1519  On this day in history 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  On this day in history gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52  

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on this day in history.  

1152  On this day in history konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58  

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  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on this day in history.  

1597  On February - 15 pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66  

1600  On February - 15 jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)