Famous Birthdays In August - 15
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
1171 On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.
1432 On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)
1575 On August - 15 birth of bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1613 Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.
1619 On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate
1688 Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer
1727 On this day in history birth of johann Georg Holzbogen, composer
1736 On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Kellner, composer
1740 M Claudius, writer was born on this day in history.
1740 On August - 15 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 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 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 Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director was born on this day in history.
1794 On August - 15 birth of elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)
1803 On August - 15 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 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 this day in history.
1845 Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) was born on August - 15.
1851 On August - 15 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 August - 15 birth of albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)