Famous Personalities Born In August - 15

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

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.   

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  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.   

1717  On August - 15 birth of blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)   

1725  On August - 15 birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1740  Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.   

1741  On this day in history birth of thomas Norris, composer   

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

1776  On August - 15 birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer   

1782  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) was born on August - 15.   

1785  Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) was born on August - 15.   

1787  On August - 15 birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer   

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  Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.   

1822  On August - 15 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  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  [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  Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918) was born on August - 15.   

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0069  On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  On this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

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

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

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