The 15th of Tevet was the day that the first printed edition of Sefer Mitzvot Gadol, Soncino, Italy, 1488.
The Sefer Mitzvot Hagadol a/k/a Sma"g was authored by MOSES BEN JACOB OF COUCY. He published his Sefer Hamitzvot Hagadol (The Large Book of Precepts), which classified the law according to the six hundred and thirteen commandments, dividing them into two hundred and sixty-five prohibitions and two hundred and forty-eight precepts. The Semaq was admittedly influenced by Maimonides, whom he quotes quite often. His son-in-law, Isaac ben Joseph of Borbeil, continued his work.
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