Famous Deaths Happened In August - 15
Saturday, 12 July 2025
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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