428 Historic Events for August 15
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| 1794 |
Birth |
Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)
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| 1795 |
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Joseph Haydn leaves England forever
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| 1798 |
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Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50
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| 1803 |
Birth |
James Douglas, father of British Columbia
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| 1807 |
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Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70
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| 1822 |
Birth |
Wilhelm Rust, composer
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| 1823 |
Birth |
Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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| 1824 |
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Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia
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| 1829 |
Birth |
Eduard de Hartog, composer
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| 1832 |
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Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism
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| 1839 |
Birth |
Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer
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| 1843 |
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National black convention meets (Buffalo NY)
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| 1843 |
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Tivoli Park in Copenhagen opens
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| 1845 |
Birth |
Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty and Beast)
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| 1848 |
Death |
Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88
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| 1848 |
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M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair
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| 1851 |
Birth |
[Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)
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| 1852 |
Death |
Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92
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| 1853 |
Death |
Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72
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| 1856 |
Birth |
J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
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| 1858 |
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Regular mail to Pacific coast begins
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| 1860 |
Birth |
Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23)
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| 1860 |
Birth |
Roosje Vos, Dutch union organizer
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| 1861 |
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Lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MI
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| 1863 |
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Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars
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