Page 4: Historical Events In February - 15

1845  On February - 15 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 this day in history 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  Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave   

1851  Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave on February - 15.   

1852  On this day in history 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 February - 15 gustav Hollaender, composer   

1856  On February - 15 frank Harris, Galway England, writer   

1857  On February - 15 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

1858  William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)   

1861  On this day in history 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 February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

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  On February - 15 ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN   

1870  Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn on this day in history.   

1872  In Victoria British Columbia, the Provincial Legislature meets for the first time as a Province of Canada on this day in history.   

1874  Emilis Melngailis, composer on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history historic Elm at Boston blown down   

1879  U.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court on February - 15.   

1879  Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct on February - 15.   

1881  On this day in history 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  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 February - 15.   

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1368  On this day in history birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

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

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

1483  On this day in history birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer   

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

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on February - 15.   

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1597  On this day in history pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66   

1600  On this day in history jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)