Page 4: Historical Events In February - 15

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

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

1845  On February - 15 elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)   

1847  Robert Fuchs, composer on February - 15.   

1848  On this day in history sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston   

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

1852  Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits first patient on February - 15.   

1852  On this day in history 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 this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

1858  William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) on February - 15.   

1861  Ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger) on February - 15.   

1861  On February - 15 alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)   

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 this day in history.   

1864  Fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans on February - 15.   

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  On this day in history bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian   

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  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  Emilis Melngailis, composer on February - 15.   

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  Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct on February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

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  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on this day in history.   

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)   

1483  On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on February - 15.   

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1145  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on February - 15.   

1503  On this day in history henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

1568  On February - 15 hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

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 February - 15.