Historical Events In August - 15
Monday, 23 May 2022
0069 On August - 15 servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered
0423 On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies
0778 On August - 15 battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great
0778 On August - 15 roland, Frankish commander
0927 On August - 15 the Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
1038 On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies
1040 On this day in history king Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
1040 On August - 15 king Duncan I of Scotland
1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.
1057 King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada on August - 15.
1118 Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.
1185 The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia on this day in history.
1308 Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece on this day in history.
1369 On this day in history philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England
1432 On this day in history luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)
1457 On this day in history earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed
1461 On August - 15 the Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
1464 Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58 on August - 15.
1517 Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary on this day in history.
1519 Panama City founded on this day in history.
1534 Ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits on this day in history.
1535 On August - 15 asuncion, Paraguay founded
1537 On August - 15 asunción, Paraguay, is founded.
1540 On this day in history arequipa, Peru, is founded.
1543 On this day in history jesuit order founded in Paris
1548 Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France on August - 15.
1549 On August - 15 portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan
1576 On August - 15 baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies
1599 Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass on August - 15.
1600 On August - 15 johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60
1615 Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies on this day in history.
1619 Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate on August - 15.
1619 On August - 15 miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies
1620 On August - 15 mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims
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