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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)