Historical Events In February - 15

1666  Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis) on February - 15.   

1677  On February - 15 king Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands   

1680  On this day in history jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41   

1686  On February - 15 jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris   

1689  German Parliament declares war on France on February - 15.   

1701  On February - 15 adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80   

1705  On this day in history charles A Vanloo, French painter   

1707  On this day in history claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist   

1710  On February - 15 louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74)   

1713  On February - 15 anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies   

1726  On this day in history abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence   

1740  On this day in history ernst Eichner, composer   

1744  Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer, dies at 49 on February - 15.   

1745  On this day in history colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny," premieres in London   

1748  On this day in history jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)   

1759  Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena) on February - 15.   

1759  Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89 on February - 15.   

1760  On February - 15 jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer   

1761  On February - 15 carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54   

1763  Austria, Prussia & Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg on this day in history.   

1764  St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue on this day in history.   

1764  Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker) on February - 15.   

1766  Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer on February - 15.   

1768  First mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia on February - 15.   

1768  1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1768  Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer on this day in history.   

1774  On February - 15 w G Frederik, prince of Orange   

1775  On February - 15 angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI   

1778  Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1780  Carel Asser, Dutch jurist on February - 15.   

1780  William Blackstone, jurist, dies on February - 15.   

1781  G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1783  Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer on this day in history.   

1785  Claude Louis Marie Navier on February - 15.   

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1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on February - 15.   

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on February - 15.   

1471  On February - 15 birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)   

1483  On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on February - 15.   

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on this day in history.   

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on this day in history.   

1557  On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer   

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on February - 15.   

1145  On February - 15 lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  On February - 15 konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

1503  On this day in history henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on February - 15.   

1580  On February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

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(?)