Historical Events In December - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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