Famous Personalities Born In August - 15

1171  On August - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

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

1717  On August - 15 birth of blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)   

1725  Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born on this day in history.   

1727  Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born on this day in history.   

1736  Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born on August - 15.   

1740  On August - 15 birth of m Claudius, writer   

1740  On August - 15 birth of matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)   

1741  On August - 15 birth of thomas Norris, composer   

1769  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1787  Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Rust, composer   

1823  On this day in history birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

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

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

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  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)