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Historical Events In February - 15
Saturday, 25 May 2019
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 Elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912) on this day in history.
1847 On this day in history robert Fuchs, composer
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 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 this day in history.
1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient on this day in history.
1855 Gustav Hollaender, composer on February - 15.
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 February - 15.
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 this day in history.
1862 Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson TN on February - 15.
1862 On this day in history grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee
1864 Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans on this day in history.
1864 Fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies
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 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped on February - 15.
1870 Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN on this day in history.
1870 On February - 15 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 this day in history.
1876 Historic Elm at Boston blown down on this day in history.
1879 U.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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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