Hisdates•ComPage 4: Historical Events In February - 15
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
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 this day in history.
1845 Elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912) on February - 15.
1847 Robert Fuchs, composer on February - 15.
1848 Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston on February - 15.
1849 On this day in history pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44
1851 Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave on this day in history.
1851 On February - 15 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 this day in history.
1855 On this day in history gustav Hollaender, composer
1856 On this day in history frank Harris, Galway England, writer
1857 On February - 15 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies
1858 On this day in history william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)
1861 On February - 15 ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)
1861 Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) on this day in history.
1862 Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson TN on February - 15.
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 Fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans on February - 15.
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 On February - 15 bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian
1869 On this day in history charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped
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 Historic Elm at Boston blown down on February - 15.
1879 On February - 15 u.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
1879 Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
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