Historical Events In December - 15

1675  On December - 15 john Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43   

1680  On December - 15 tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal   

1688  Lord Delamere sides with King James II [NS 12/25] on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54   

1699  On this day in history henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63   

1712  Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1715  George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 on December - 15.   

1720  J F Beck, writer on December - 15.   

1734  On December - 15 the birth of George Romney, English portrait painter   

1735  Cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer on this day in history.   

1745  Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen & Austria on December - 15.   

1765  On December - 15 philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer   

1778  Godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies) on December - 15.   

1779  On December - 15 manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62   

1785  On this day in history king George IV of England marries his mistress, Maria Fitzherbert.   

1787  On December - 15 charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic   

1791  On December - 15 the Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution) becomes law, following ratification by the state of Virginia.   

1791  1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1792  On December - 15 the first US life insurance policy is issued in Philadelphia   

1792  On December - 15 1st life insurance policy issued in US (Phila)   

1792  On December - 15 joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36   

1793  On December - 15 henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy)   

1794  On December - 15 revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France   

1802  Janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry) on December - 15.   

1803  On December - 15 august Freyer, composer   

1810  Irish magazine in US, the Shamrock, is firstpublished on December - 15.   

1810  On this day in history 1st Irish magazine in US, Shamrock, is published   

1812  On December - 15 isidor Dannstrom, composer   

1815  Rossini gets assignment for Il barbiere di Siviglia on December - 15.   

1816  Charles Stanhope, a British earl, invented two early mechanical calculators, as well as a printing press, a microscope lens, and various other scientific devices on this day in history.   

1816  Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies   

1820  On this day in history 1st General pharmacopoeia in US published, Boston   

1821  Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer on this day in history.   

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1534  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on this day in history.   

1567  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on December - 15.   

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)   

1648  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on December - 15.   

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

1720  On this day in history birth of j F Beck, writer   

1025  On December - 15 basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies   

1072  On December - 15 death of alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)   

1230  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.   

1263  On this day in history death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)   

1515  Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53   

1598  On December - 15 philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58   

1621  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on December - 15.