Birthdays occurring on February, 15

1564

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 Italian natural philosopher, astronomer and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the development of the scientific method and to the sciences of motion, astronomy and strength of materials. 1564-1642 You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself. More quotations from Galileo Galilei

1748

Jeremy Bentham was born on February 15, 1748 philosopher and activist. 1748-1832 It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong. More quotations from Jeremy Bentham

1845

Elihu Root was born on February 15, 1845 American lawyer and statesman. Nobel Prize for Peace in 1912. 1845-1937 Men do not fail; they give up trying More quotations from Elihu Root

1861

Alfred North Whitehead was born on February 15, 1861 British mathematician and philosopher, 1861-1947 The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. More quotations from Alfred North Whitehead

Deaths occurring on February, 15

1713

Anthony Ashley Cooper died on February 15, 1713 As accidental as my life may be, or as that random humor is, which governs it, I know nothing, after all, so real or substantial as myself More quotations from Anthony Ashley Cooper

1779

James Cook died on February 15, 1779 From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth; but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but More quotations from James Cook

1781

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing died on February 15, 1781 German dramatist, critic and writer on philosophy and aesthetics. 1729-1781 The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship. More quotations from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

1869

Ghalib died on February 15, 1869 Indian poet. 1797-1869 Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no opportunity to commit More quotations from Ghalib