Famous Personalities Born In August - 15

1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.   

1195  On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

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

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 August - 15 birth of johann Christoph Kellner, composer   

1740  On this day in history birth of m Claudius, writer   

1740  Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on August - 15.   

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

1769  On this day in history birth of napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)   

1771  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1788  On August - 15 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  James Douglas, father of British Columbia was born on August - 15.   

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  Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 15.   

1829  On August - 15 birth of eduard de Hartog, composer   

1839  On this day in history birth of hugh Archibald Clarke, composer   

1845  On August - 15 birth of walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)   

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  On this day in history birth of albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)   

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0069  On this day in history 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 August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

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