Page 4: Historical Events In February - 15

1845  William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, first uses 72" (183 cm) reflector on this day in history.   

1845  William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector on this day in history.   

1845  Elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912) on this day in history.   

1847  On February - 15 robert Fuchs, composer   

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

1849  Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 on February - 15.   

1851  Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave on February - 15.   

1851  On February - 15 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  On February - 15 great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient   

1855  On this day in history gustav Hollaender, composer   

1856  Frank Harris, Galway England, writer on this day in history.   

1857  On February - 15 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  On this day in history alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)   

1862  Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson TN on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee   

1864  On this day in history fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans   

1864  Fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans on this day in history.   

1864  Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1866  Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped   

1870  Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN on February - 15.   

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

1872  In Victoria British Columbia, the Provincial Legislature meets for the first time as a Province of Canada on this day in history.   

1874  On February - 15 emilis Melngailis, composer   

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

1879  On this day in history u.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court.   

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  First cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin on February - 15.   

1882  On this day in history the birth of John Barrymore, American actor.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1483  On this day in history birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on February - 15.   

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

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

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 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  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on February - 15.   

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

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on this day in history.   

1597  On this day in history 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.