Famous Personalities Born In August - 15

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  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

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 August - 15.   

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

1725  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer   

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

1736  Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history birth of m Claudius, writer   

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

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

1769  On August - 15 birth of napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)   

1771  On this day in history 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  Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer was born on August - 15.   

1782  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) was born on August - 15.   

1785  Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) was born on this day in history.   

1787  Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born on August - 15.   

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

1794  On this day in history 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 August - 15.   

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  Eduard de Hartog, composer was born on August - 15.   

1839  On this day in history birth of hugh Archibald Clarke, composer   

1845  On this day in history birth of walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)   

1851  On August - 15 birth of [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)   

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

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.   

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1057  On August - 15 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 this day in history.