Famous Deaths In August - 15

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

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.  

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander  

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

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of john Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)  

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

1714  Death of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654) on August - 15.  

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

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

1799  On this day in history death of giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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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 Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.  

1613  On August - 15 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