Famous Deaths 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 August - 15.  

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

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.  

1057  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan  

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

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)  

1274  On this day in history death of robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)  

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

1552  On this day in history death of hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)  

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

1600  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

1619  Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies on August - 15.  

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

1666  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies on this day in history.  

1714  Death of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654) on this day in history.  

1725  Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 on August - 15.  

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

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

1758  Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 on August - 15.  

1798  On this day in history felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50  

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

1807  Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on August - 15.  

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

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on this day in history.  

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on August - 15.  

1864  On August - 15 daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies  

1880  On this day in history death of adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848)  

1901  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)  

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.  

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  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)  

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

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.  

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher