Famous Birthdays In August - 15
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1171 On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.
1575 Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.
1613 On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
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 On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher
1717 Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810) was born on August - 15.
1725 On August - 15 birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer
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 August - 15.
1740 On August - 15 birth of matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
1741 Thomas Norris, composer was born on August - 15.
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 Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten) was born on August - 15.
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 Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) was born on August - 15.
1787 On this day in history birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer
1788 Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director was born on August - 15.
1794 On August - 15 birth of elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)
1803 On this day in history birth of james Douglas, father of British Columbia
1813 Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on August - 15.
1823 Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 15.
1829 On this day in history birth of eduard de Hartog, composer
1839 On this day in history birth of hugh Archibald Clarke, composer
1845 Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) was born on August - 15.
1851 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on August - 15.
1856 J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament was born on this day in history.
1857 On August - 15 birth of albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)