Famous Birthdays In August - 15

1171  On this day in history 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  On August - 15 birth of bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)  

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

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.  

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1727  Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born on August - 15.  

1736  On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Kellner, composer  

1740  On August - 15 birth of m Claudius, writer  

1740  On August - 15 birth of matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)  

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

1769  On August - 15 birth of napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)  

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 August - 15 birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer  

1782  On August - 15 birth of henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)  

1785  On this day in history birth of thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)  

1787  Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  James Douglas, father of British Columbia was born on August - 15.  

1813  Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Rust, composer  

1823  On this day in history birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1829  On August - 15 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 August - 15.  

1851  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on this day in history.  

1856  J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament was born on this day in history.  

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

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0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered  

0423  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies  

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander  

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.