Historical Events In December - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 HokkaidÅ 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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