Famous Birthdays In August - 15

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 August - 15.  

1575  On August - 15 birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)  

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)  

1619  On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate  

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

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher  

1717  Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

1725  On August - 15 birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer  

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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 this day in history.  

1740  On this day in history birth of matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)  

1741  Thomas Norris, composer was born on this day in history.  

1769  Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) was born on August - 15.  

1771  On August - 15 birth of walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake)  

1776  On this day in history birth of gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)  

1776  On August - 15 birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer  

1782  On August - 15 birth of henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)  

1785  On this day in history birth of thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)  

1787  On this day in history birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer  

1788  On August - 15 birth of carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director  

1794  Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum) was born on August - 15.  

1803  James Douglas, father of British Columbia was born on August - 15.  

1813  Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Rust, composer  

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

1829  On this day in history birth of eduard de Hartog, composer  

1839  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born on this day in history.  

1845  Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) was born on August - 15.  

1851  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on this day in history.  

1856  J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament was born on August - 15.  

1857  Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918) was born on August - 15.  

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0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.  

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

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander  

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.  

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.  

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on August - 15.  

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.  

1196  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)