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Famous Birthdays In August - 15
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
1171 On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) 
1195 Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.
1432 Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.
1575 Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1688 On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)
1702 On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher
1717 Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810) was born on August - 15.
1725 Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born on August - 15.
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 Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.
1741 Thomas Norris, composer was born on August - 15.
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 On August - 15 birth of thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)
1787 On August - 15 birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer
1788 Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director was born on this day in history.
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 On August - 15 birth of jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)
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 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 August - 15 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 this day in history birth of albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)