486 Historic Events for February 15
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| 1748 |
Birth |
Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)
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| 1759 |
Birth |
Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)
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| 1759 |
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Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89
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| 1760 |
Birth |
Jean-Fran‡ois Le Sueur, composer
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| 1761 |
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Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54
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| 1763 |
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Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg
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| 1764 |
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Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)
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| 1764 |
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St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue
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| 1766 |
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Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer
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| 1768 |
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1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia
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| 1768 |
Birth |
Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer
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| 1774 |
Birth |
W G Frederik, prince of Orange
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| 1775 |
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Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI
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| 1778 |
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Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80
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| 1779 |
Death |
James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii
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| 1780 |
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William Blackstone, jurist, dies
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| 1780 |
Birth |
Carel Asser, Dutch jurist
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| 1781 |
Death |
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Saxon playwright/critic, dies
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| 1781 |
Death |
G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52
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| 1783 |
Birth |
Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer
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| 1785 |
Birth |
Claude Louis Marie Navier
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| 1789 |
Birth |
Friedrich Fesca, composer
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| 1795 |
Birth |
Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)
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| 1797 |
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Battle of Cape St Vincent
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| 1797 |
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Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)
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