Hisdates•ComPage 4: Historical Events In February - 15
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1845 On this day in history 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 Elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912) on February - 15.
1847 Robert Fuchs, composer on this day in history.
1848 Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston on February - 15.
1849 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 on February - 15.
1851 On February - 15 black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave
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 Gustav Hollaender, composer on this day in history.
1856 On February - 15 frank Harris, Galway England, writer
1857 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.
1858 On this day in history william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)
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 On February - 15 grant's major assault on Ft Donelson TN
1862 Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee on February - 15.
1864 Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans on February - 15.
1864 Fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans on this day in history.
1864 On February - 15 israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies
1865 On this day in history nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies
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 February - 15.
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 this day in history.
1874 On this day in history emilis Melngailis, composer
1876 Historic Elm at Boston blown down on February - 15.
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 this day in history 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 First cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin on this day in history.
1882 The birth of John Barrymore, American actor on this day in history.
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