Famous Birthdays In August - 15
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1171 On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.
1575 Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.
1613 Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.
1619 Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.
1688 On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)
1702 On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher
1717 On this day in history birth of blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
1725 Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born on August - 15.
1727 Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born on this day in history.
1736 Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born on August - 15.
1740 M Claudius, writer was born on August - 15.
1740 On August - 15 birth of matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
1741 On August - 15 birth of thomas Norris, composer
1769 On this day in history birth of napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)
1771 Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) was born on this day in history.
1776 On this day in history birth of gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)
1776 Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer was born on August - 15.
1782 Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) was born on this day in history.
1785 Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) was born on August - 15.
1787 On this day in history birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer
1788 Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director was born on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history birth of elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)
1803 On this day in history birth of james Douglas, father of British Columbia
1813 Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on this day in history.
1823 On August - 15 birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 On August - 15 birth of eduard de Hartog, composer
1839 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born on August - 15.
1845 Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) was born on August - 15.
1851 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on August - 15.
1856 J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament was born on August - 15.
1857 On August - 15 birth of albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)