1171 On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)
1575 Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.
1613 On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
1619 On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate
1688 On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)
1702 Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.
0069 On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered
0423 Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.
0778 On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander
1038 Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.
1040 On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland
1057 On August - 15 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 August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)