Page 4: Historical Events In February - 15

1845  On this day in history 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  On February - 15 robert Fuchs, composer   

1848  Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston on February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

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

1852  On February - 15 great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits first patient   

1852  On February - 15 great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient   

1855  On this day in history gustav Hollaender, composer   

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

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 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  Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans on February - 15.   

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

1864  On this day in history israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies   

1865  Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies on February - 15.   

1866  On February - 15 bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian   

1869  On February - 15 charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped   

1870  Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN on February - 15.   

1870  Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn on February - 15.   

1872  On February - 15 in Victoria British Columbia, the Provincial Legislature meets for the first time as a Province of Canada   

1874  Emilis Melngailis, composer on February - 15.   

1876  Historic Elm at Boston blown down on this day in history.   

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  Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct on this day in history.   

1881  On February - 15 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  On February - 15 first cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin   

1882  The birth of John Barrymore, American actor on this day in history.   

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1368  On February - 15 birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  On this day in history birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 15 birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on February - 15.   

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  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on February - 15.   

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on this day in history.   

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on February - 15.   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.