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Famous Birthdays In August - 15
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
1171 On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) 
1195 On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)
1575 Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.
1613 On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
1619 On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate
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 this day in history.
1727 On August - 15 birth of johann Georg Holzbogen, composer
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 August - 15.
1771 On August - 15 birth of walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake)
1776 On August - 15 birth of gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)
1776 On August - 15 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 On August - 15 birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer
1788 Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director was born on this day in history.
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 On August - 15 birth of wilhelm Rust, composer
1823 On August - 15 birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 On this day in history birth of eduard de Hartog, composer
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 On this day in history birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
1857 On August - 15 birth of albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)