Famous Birthdays In August - 15
Friday, 26 July 2024
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 Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.
1613 On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
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 August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher
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 Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born on August - 15.
1740 On this day in history birth of m Claudius, writer
1740 Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.
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 Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) was born on this day in history.
1776 On this day in history birth of gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)
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 Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born on this day in history.
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 August - 15.
1813 On August - 15 birth of jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on this day in history.
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 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.