Famous Deaths Happened In August - 15

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

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

0778  On August - 15 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 August - 15.   

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

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

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 August - 15.   

1369  Death of Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England on August - 15.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Death of John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582) on August - 15.   

1666  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies on August - 15.   

1714  On this day in history death of constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)   

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

1728  Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1901  Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.