Famous Deaths Happened 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  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

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 August - 15.   

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

1196  On August - 15 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 August - 15.   

1528  Death of Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485) on August - 15.   

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

1576  On August - 15 baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies   

1600  On this day in history johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60   

1615  Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies on this day in history.   

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

1621  Death of John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582) on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history 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  On August - 15 marin Marias, composer, dies at 72   

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

1799  On this day in history 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  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

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

1907  On this day in history joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76   

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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  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  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

1688  On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher