Page 3: Historical Events In December - 15
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1822 On this day in history edward Stephen, composer
1822 On this day in history ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65
1823 On December - 15 friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer
1826 William Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC on December - 15.
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 this day in history 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 December - 15.
1836 On this day in history patent Office burns in Wash, DC
1836 On December - 15 edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)
1839 On this day in history matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66
1842 Henry Gadsby, composer on this day in history.
1848 On December - 15 edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress
1852 Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) on December - 15.
1853 On December - 15 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 On this day in history 1st street-cleaning machine in US 1st used in Philadelphia
1857 Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer on this day in history.
1859 GR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun on December - 15.
1859 On this day in history ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)
1860 Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.
1861 On this day in history charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)
1861 On this day in history gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45
1863 Skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign) on December - 15.
1863 Arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon) on this day in history.
1864 On December - 15 battle of Nashville, TN
1868 On this day in history shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in HokkaidÅ.
1870 Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect on this day in history.
1873 On this day in history pongrac Kacsoh, composer
1874 On this day in history 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 1st reigning king to visit US (of Hawaii) received by Pres Grant on this day in history.
1875 On this day in history friedrich Niggli, composer
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