Historical Events In February - 15

1666  On February - 15 antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)   

1677  King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

1686  Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris on February - 15.   

1689  On February - 15 german Parliament declares war on France   

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

1705  Charles A Vanloo, French painter on this day in history.   

1707  Claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist on February - 15.   

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

1713  On this day in history anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies   

1726  On February - 15 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  Colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1748  Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian) on this day in history.   

1759  Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1763  On February - 15 austria, Prussia & Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg   

1764  On February - 15 st Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue   

1764  Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia   

1768  On this day in history jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer   

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

1775  Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI on this day in history.   

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

1780  On February - 15 carel Asser, Dutch jurist   

1780  On February - 15 william Blackstone, jurist, dies   

1781  On this day in history g E Lessing, writer, dies at 52   

1783  On February - 15 johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer   

1785  On February - 15 claude Louis Marie Navier   

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1368  On February - 15 birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

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  On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

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

1524  On this day in history birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer   

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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

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 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  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on February - 15.   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on February - 15.