Famous Birthdays In August - 15

1171  On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)  

1195  On August - 15 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 August - 15.  

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.  

1688  On this day in history 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 August - 15.  

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

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

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  Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) was born on August - 15.  

1776  On this day in history birth of gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)  

1776  On this day in history 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  Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born on August - 15.  

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

1794  On August - 15 birth of elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)  

1803  James Douglas, father of British Columbia was born on August - 15.  

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 August - 15 birth of hugh Archibald Clarke, composer  

1845  On August - 15 birth of walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)  

1851  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on this day in history.  

1856  On August - 15 birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament  

1857  On this day in history birth of albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)  

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0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.  

0423  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies  

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander  

1038  On August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

1040  On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland  

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on August - 15.  

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.  

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.