Famous Deaths Happened In August - 15

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1714  Death of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654) on August - 15.   

1725  Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1729  On August - 15 benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64   

1758  On August - 15 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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 15 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

1853  On this day in history 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  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  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  On this day in history 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 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.