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  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

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

1040  On this day in history 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  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.   

1274  On August - 15 death of robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)   

1369  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies   

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

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

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

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

1758  On this day in history 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 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  On August - 15 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1907  On this day in history 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  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.   

1575  On August - 15 birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

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.