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  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  

1575  On August - 15 birth of bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)  

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer  

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1727  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1771  On August - 15 birth of walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake)  

1776  On this day in history birth of gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)  

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  On this day in history birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer  

1788  Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director was born on this day in history.  

1794  On August - 15 birth of elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)  

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  Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on August - 15.  

1823  Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

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  On August - 15 birth of [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)  

1856  On August - 15 birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament  

1857  On August - 15 birth of albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)  

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0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.  

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

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.  

1038  On August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

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  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies  

1196  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)