Famous Deaths In August - 15

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 August - 15.  

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

1369  On August - 15 death of philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England  

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

1528  On August - 15 death of odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)  

1552  Death of Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477) on August - 15.  

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

1600  On August - 15 johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60  

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

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

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

1666  On this day in history johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies  

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  On August - 15 marin Marias, composer, dies at 72  

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

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

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

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

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on August - 15.  

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

1864  On this day in history 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 August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)  

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

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

1575  On August - 15 birth of bartol Kašić, 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  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 August - 15.