Famous Deaths In August - 15

0069  On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered  

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.  

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.  

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

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland  

1057  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan  

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

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.  

1274  On August - 15 death of robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)  

1369  Death of Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England on this day in history.  

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1464  On August - 15 pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58  

1528  On this day in history death of odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)  

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  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1615  Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies on August - 15.  

1619  Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies on this day in history.  

1621  Death of John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582) on August - 15.  

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  On this day in history gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77  

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

1729  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64 on August - 15.  

1758  On August - 15 pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60  

1798  On August - 15 felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50  

1799  On August - 15 death of giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)  

1807  On this day in history johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70  

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

1852  On August - 15 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92  

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  Death of Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848) on this day in history.  

1901  Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77 on August - 15.  

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on August - 15.  

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on this day in history.  

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.  

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

1575  On this day in history birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)  

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

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

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

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher