Famous Deaths Happened In August - 15

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.   

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

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

1274  On this day in history death of robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)   

1369  On this day in history death of philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England   

1464  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1528  Death of Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485) on August - 15.   

1552  On this day in history death of hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)   

1576  Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60   

1615  On this day in history cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies   

1619  Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies on August - 15.   

1621  On August - 15 death of john Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)   

1666  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies on August - 15.   

1714  Death of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654) on August - 15.   

1725  Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 on August - 15.   

1728  Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72 on August - 15.   

1729  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60   

1798  Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1799  Death of Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729) on this day in history.   

1807  Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1848  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on August - 15.   

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on August - 15.   

1880  On this day in history death of adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848)   

1901  Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1907  On August - 15 joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76   

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1171  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

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

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.