Famous Deaths In August - 15

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

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

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

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

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

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)   

1274  Death of Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201) on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On August - 15 baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies   

1600  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1615  On August - 15 cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies   

1619  On August - 15 miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies   

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

1666  On August - 15 johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies   

1714  On August - 15 death of constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)   

1725  On August - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

1798  Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50 on August - 15.   

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

1807  On August - 15 johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70   

1848  On this day in history timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88   

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

1853  On August - 15 giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72   

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

1880  Death of Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848) on August - 15.   

1901  On this day in history karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77   

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

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

1195  On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

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

1575  On August - 15 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 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 August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher