Historical Events In February - 15

1845  On this day in history william Parsons, Earl of Rosse, first uses 72" (183 cm) reflector   

1845  William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)   

1847  Robert Fuchs, composer on February - 15.   

1848  On February - 15 sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston   

1849  On this day in history pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44   

1851  On this day in history black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave   

1851  Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave on February - 15.   

1852  Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits first patient on February - 15.   

1852  Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient on this day in history.   

1855  Gustav Hollaender, composer on this day in history.   

1856  Frank Harris, Galway England, writer on this day in history.   

1857  Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1858  William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)   

1861  On February - 15 alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)   

1862  Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson TN on February - 15.   

1862  Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee on February - 15.   

1864  On this day in history fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans   

1864  Fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans on this day in history.   

1864  Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on this day in history.   

1865  Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies on this day in history.   

1866  On February - 15 bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian   

1869  On this day in history charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped   

1870  Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN on February - 15.   

1870  On February - 15 ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn   

1872  On February - 15 in Victoria British Columbia, the Provincial Legislature meets for the first time as a Province of Canada   

1874  On this day in history emilis Melngailis, composer   

1876  Historic Elm at Boston blown down on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history u.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court.   

1879  Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct on this day in history.   

1881  Canadian Pacific Railway Act receives the Royal Assent. A Royal Charter pursuant to the Act was granted on February 16th - this incorporated the company. The principal terms provided for the payment to the railway of a subsidy of $25,000,000 and 25,000,000 acres of land, plus the railways (Port Arthur-Selkirk-Winnipeg-Emerson and Port Moody-Savona) already contracted for by the government, upon their completion on February - 15.   

1882  First cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history the birth of John Barrymore, American actor.   

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

1458  On February - 15 birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

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

1483  On this day in history birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on February - 15.   

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on February - 15.   

1043  On this day in history gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52   

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on February - 15.   

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

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on February - 15.   

1568  On February - 15 hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

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  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.