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

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)  

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

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1727  Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born on August - 15.  

1736  On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Kellner, composer  

1740  On August - 15 birth of m Claudius, writer  

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

1741  On this day in history 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 August - 15 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  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) was born on August - 15.  

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 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  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  On August - 15 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  On August - 15 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 August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered  

0423  On August - 15 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 this day in history.  

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

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.  

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on this day in history.  

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.