Page 2: Historical Events In February - 15

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

1677  On this day in history 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  Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris on February - 15.   

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

1701  On this day in history adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80   

1705  Charles A Vanloo, French painter on February - 15.   

1707  On February - 15 claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist   

1710  On this day in history louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74)   

1713  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1759  On this day in history friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)   

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

1760  On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer   

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

1763  On this day in history austria, Prussia & Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg   

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

1764  On February - 15 jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)   

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

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  On February - 15 jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer   

1774  On this day in history 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 February - 15.   

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  Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history claude Louis Marie Navier   

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

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

1497  On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on February - 15.   

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

1557  On this day in history 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  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on this day in history.   

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)