Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In February - 15
Thursday, 25 April 2024
1845 On February - 15 william Parsons, Earl of Rosse, first uses 72" (183 cm) reflector 
1845 On February - 15 william Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector
1845 On February - 15 elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)
1847 Robert Fuchs, composer on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston
1849 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 on this day in history.
1851 Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave on this day in history.
1851 On this day in history black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave
1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits first patient on February - 15.
1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient on February - 15.
1855 Gustav Hollaender, composer on February - 15.
1856 On this day in history frank Harris, Galway England, writer
1857 On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies
1858 William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) on this day in history.
1861 Ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger) on February - 15.
1861 Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) on February - 15.
1862 On February - 15 grant's major assault on Ft Donelson TN
1862 Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee on this day in history.
1864 Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans on this day in history.
1864 On February - 15 fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans
1864 Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on this day in history.
1865 Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies on February - 15.
1866 Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian on this day in history.
1869 On this day in history charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped
1870 Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN on this day in history.
1870 Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn on this day in history.
1872 In Victoria British Columbia, the Provincial Legislature meets for the first time as a Province of Canada on February - 15.
1874 On this day in history emilis Melngailis, composer
1876 On this day in history historic Elm at Boston blown down
1879 On this day in history u.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
1879 On February - 15 congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct
1881 On this day in history canadian Pacific Railway Act receives the Royal Assent. A Royal Charter pursuant to the Act was granted on February 16th - this incorporated the company. The principal terms provided for the payment to the railway of a subsidy of $25,000,000 and 25,000,000 acres of land, plus the railways (Port Arthur-Selkirk-Winnipeg-Emerson and Port Moody-Savona) already contracted for by the government, upon their completion.
1882 First cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin on February - 15.
1882 The birth of John Barrymore, American actor on February - 15.
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