Famous Deaths Happened In August - 15

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

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.   

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

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.   

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

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  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 August - 15.   

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

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

1621  On August - 15 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  On this day in history marin Marias, composer, dies at 72   

1729  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64 on August - 15.   

1758  Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

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

1807  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848) on August - 15.   

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

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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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  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.   

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