Page 2: Historical Events In February - 15

1666  On this day in history antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)   

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

1680  Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

1689  German Parliament declares war on France on this day in history.   

1701  On this day in history 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  Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence on February - 15.   

1740  Ernst Eichner, composer on this day in history.   

1744  Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1745  On February - 15 colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny," premieres in London   

1748  On February - 15 jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)   

1759  On February - 15 friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)   

1759  Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1760  Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer on this day in history.   

1761  Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)   

1766  On this day in history thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer   

1768  On this day in history first mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia   

1768  1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia on February - 15.   

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

1774  W G Frederik, prince of Orange on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI   

1778  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80   

1780  On this day in history carel Asser, Dutch jurist   

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

1781  On February - 15 g E Lessing, writer, dies at 52   

1783  On February - 15 johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer   

1785  On this day in history claude Louis Marie Navier   

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1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on this day in history.   

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

1471  On this day in history birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)   

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on this day in history.   

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

1519  On February - 15 birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  On February - 15 birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on February - 15.   

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

1568  On this day in history hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.