Historical Events In December - 15

1822  Edward Stephen, composer on December - 15.   

1822  Ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1823  On December - 15 friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer   

1826  William Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC on this day in history.   

1830  On December - 15 francesco D'Arcais, composer   

1831  Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60 on December - 15.   

1832  On December - 15 the birth of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer   

1832  On December - 15 alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower)   

1836  Patent Office burns in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1836  On December - 15 patent Office burns in Wash, DC   

1836  On December - 15 edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)   

1839  Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66 on December - 15.   

1842  Henry Gadsby, composer on this day in history.   

1848  Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress on December - 15.   

1852  Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) on December - 15.   

1853  On this day in history jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies   

1854  On December - 15 first street-cleaning machine in US first used in Philadelphia   

1854  On this day in history philadelphia residents were amazed as the first street cleaning machine was put into operation.   

1854  1st street-cleaning machine in US 1st used in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1857  Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 15 gR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun   

1859  On December - 15 ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)   

1860  Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903) on December - 15.   

1861  Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45   

1863  On this day in history skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign)   

1863  Arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon) on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Nashville, TN on this day in history.   

1868  Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō on December - 15.   

1870  Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect on this day in history.   

1873  Pongrac Kacsoh, composer on December - 15.   

1874  On December - 15 david Kalakaua, king of the Sandwich Islands chain in the South Pacific and first regining king to visit the US, is received at the White House by US president Ulysses S. Grant.   

1874  On December - 15 1st reigning king to visit US (of Hawaii) received by Pres Grant   

1875  On December - 15 friedrich Niggli, composer   

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1534  On this day in history birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

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

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on December - 15.   

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

1072  Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on this day in history.   

1230  On this day in history ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies   

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

1515  On December - 15 alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies   

1576  On December - 15 joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53   

1598  On this day in history 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 this day in history.