Historical Events In August - 15

1807  On August - 15 johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70   

1808  On August - 15 a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries   

1822  On August - 15 census shows Upper Canada has 120,000 inhabitants, Lower Canada 500,000.   

1822  On August - 15 wilhelm Rust, composer   

1823  Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1824  Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia on August - 15.   

1829  Eduard de Hartog, composer on this day in history.   

1832  Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism on this day in history.   

1832  Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism on this day in history.   

1834  On August - 15 south Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there.   

1839  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer on August - 15.   

1843  National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) on August - 15.   

1845  On August - 15 walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)   

1848  On this day in history m Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair   

1848  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1851  On August - 15 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)   

1852  On August - 15 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

1853  On August - 15 giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72   

1856  On this day in history j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

1858  On August - 15 regular mail to the Pacific coast begins   

1858  Regular mail to Pacific coast begins on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23)   

1861  On this day in history lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO   

1863  On August - 15 submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars   

1864  On this day in history off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners   

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on this day in history.   

1865  Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga) on this day in history.   

1867  2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England on this day in history.   

1869  The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history transcontinental Railway actually completed   

1870  On August - 15 transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado   

1872  On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

1874  On August - 15 joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert   

1875  On this day in history samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast)   

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.   

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.   

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.   

0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  On this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

1057  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1118  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)