Famous Deaths In August - 15

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

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

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

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

1040  On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland  

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  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.  

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  On August - 15 pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58  

1528  On August - 15 death of odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)  

1552  On August - 15 death of hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)  

1576  On this day in history baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies  

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  Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies on this day in history.  

1621  On August - 15 death of john Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)  

1666  On this day in history johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies  

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

1725  On August - 15 gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77  

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

1729  On this day in history benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64  

1758  On this day in history pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60  

1798  Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

1807  On this day in history johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70  

1848  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on August - 15.  

1853  On August - 15 giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72  

1864  On this day in history daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies  

1880  Death of Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848) on this day in history.  

1901  On this day in history karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77  

1907  On August - 15 joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76  

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.  

1195  On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)  

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.  

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

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  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