Famous Personalities Born 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 August - 15.   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.   

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

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

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.   

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.   

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

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 August - 15 birth of thomas Norris, composer   

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

1771  On this day in history birth of walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake)   

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  On this day in history birth of henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)   

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  On this day in history 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 August - 15.   

1822  Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on August - 15.   

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 this day in history birth of walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)   

1851  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on August - 15.   

1856  On this day in history birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

1857  Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918) was born on August - 15.   

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

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.   

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

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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