Historical Events In February - 15

1845  On February - 15 william Parsons, Earl of Rosse, first uses 72" (183 cm) reflector  

1845  William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector on February - 15.  

1845  On this day in history elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)  

1847  Robert Fuchs, composer on this day in history.  

1848  On February - 15 sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston  

1849  On February - 15 pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44  

1851  Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave on February - 15.  

1851  Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave on this day in history.  

1852  On this day in history great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits first patient  

1852  Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient on this day in history.  

1855  Gustav Hollaender, composer on this day in history.  

1856  Frank Harris, Galway England, writer on February - 15.  

1857  On February - 15 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies  

1858  William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)  

1861  Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) on February - 15.  

1862  Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson TN on February - 15.  

1862  On February - 15 grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee  

1864  On this day in history fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans  

1864  On this day in history fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans  

1864  Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on February - 15.  

1865  Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies on this day in history.  

1866  Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian on February - 15.  

1869  Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped on February - 15.  

1870  On February - 15 ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN  

1870  On this day in history ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn  

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 February - 15 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  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 on this day in history.  

1882  On February - 15 first cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin  

1882  On February - 15 the birth of John Barrymore, American actor.  

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1368  On February - 15 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  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on February - 15.  

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer  

1043  On February - 15 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  On February - 15 hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36  

1580  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies  

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

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