Famous Birthdays In August - 15

1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.   

1195  On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.   

1575  On this day in history birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.   

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

1717  Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810) was born on August - 15.   

1725  Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born on August - 15.   

1727  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Holzbogen, composer   

1736  On August - 15 birth of johann Christoph Kellner, composer   

1740  M Claudius, writer was born on August - 15.   

1740  Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on August - 15.   

1741  On this day in history birth of thomas Norris, composer   

1769  Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) was born on this day in history.   

1771  Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) was born on August - 15.   

1776  Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten) was born on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer   

1782  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1829  Eduard de Hartog, composer was born on this day in history.   

1839  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born on August - 15.   

1845  Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) was born on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history birth of [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)   

1856  On August - 15 birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

1857  On this day in history birth of albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)   

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0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

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  On August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

1057  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.