Famous Deaths In August - 15

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  On this day in history 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 August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

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

1528  Death of Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies   

1714  On this day in history death of constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)   

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

1728  Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1729  On this day in history benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64   

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

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

1799  On this day in history death of giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)   

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

1848  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on August - 15.   

1852  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1880  On August - 15 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  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 August - 15 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  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.   

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.