Historical Events In February - 15

1845  William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, first uses 72" (183 cm) reflector on February - 15.   

1845  On February - 15 william Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector   

1845  Elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912) on February - 15.   

1847  On this day in history robert Fuchs, composer   

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

1849  On February - 15 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  On this day in history black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave   

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

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

1855  Gustav Hollaender, composer on February - 15.   

1856  On this day in history frank Harris, Galway England, writer   

1857  On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

1858  On this day in history william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)   

1861  On February - 15 ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)   

1861  Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) on February - 15.   

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

1862  On February - 15 grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee   

1864  Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans on February - 15.   

1864  On February - 15 fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans   

1864  Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on February - 15.   

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

1866  Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian on February - 15.   

1869  On February - 15 charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped   

1870  Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN on this day in history.   

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

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

1874  On February - 15 emilis Melngailis, composer   

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

1879  U.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court on February - 15.   

1879  On February - 15 congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct   

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 this day in history.   

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

1882  The birth of John Barrymore, American actor on this day in history.   

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

1458  On this day in history birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

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

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

1557  On this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer   

1043  On February - 15 gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52   

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on this day in history.   

1152  On this day in history konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

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

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

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on February - 15.   

1597  On February - 15 pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66   

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