Famous Birthdays In August - 15

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

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.  

1432  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  

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

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 this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)  

1702  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher  

1717  On this day in history birth of blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)  

1725  On August - 15 birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer  

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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  M Claudius, writer was born on August - 15.  

1740  Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on August - 15.  

1741  Thomas Norris, composer was born on this day in history.  

1769  Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) was born on this day in history.  

1771  Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) was born on August - 15.  

1776  Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten) was born on August - 15.  

1776  On this day in history birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer  

1782  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 15.  

1788  On this day in history birth of carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director  

1794  Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum) was born on this day in history.  

1803  On August - 15 birth of james Douglas, father of British Columbia  

1813  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1829  Eduard de Hartog, composer was born on August - 15.  

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  On August - 15 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 this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies  

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.  

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.  

1057  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan  

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

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