Hisdates•ComPage 4: Historical Events In February - 15
Saturday, 22 February 2025
1845 On February - 15 william Parsons, Earl of Rosse, first uses 72" (183 cm) reflector 
1845 William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector on February - 15.
1845 On this day in history elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)
1847 On February - 15 robert Fuchs, composer
1848 Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston on this day in history.
1849 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 on February - 15.
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 On February - 15 great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits first patient
1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient on February - 15.
1855 Gustav Hollaender, composer on this day in history.
1856 On this day in history frank Harris, Galway England, writer
1857 On February - 15 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies
1858 On February - 15 william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)
1861 Ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger) on this day in history.
1861 On February - 15 alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)
1862 Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson TN on February - 15.
1862 Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee on February - 15.
1864 On February - 15 fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans
1864 On this day in history fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans
1864 On February - 15 israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies
1865 Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies on February - 15.
1866 On this day in history bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian
1869 On this day in history charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped
1870 On this day in history ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth MN
1870 On February - 15 ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn
1872 On this day in history in Victoria British Columbia, the Provincial Legislature meets for the first time as a Province of Canada
1874 Emilis Melngailis, composer on February - 15.
1876 Historic Elm at Boston blown down on February - 15.
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 On this day in history 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.
1882 First cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin on February - 15.
1882 On February - 15 the birth of John Barrymore, American actor.
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