Famous Deaths In August - 15

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

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

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

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

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.  

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

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 August - 15 death of hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)  

1576  Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies on August - 15.  

1600  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on August - 15.  

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

1619  On this day in history miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies  

1621  On this day in history death of john Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)  

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

1714  Death of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654) on this day in history.  

1725  On August - 15 gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77  

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

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

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

1798  On this day in history felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50  

1799  Death of Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729) on August - 15.  

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

1848  On August - 15 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88  

1852  On this day in history johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92  

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1864  On August - 15 daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies  

1880  On August - 15 death of adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848)  

1901  On August - 15 karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77  

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

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

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

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.  

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

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)  

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