Famous Deaths In August - 15

0069  On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered  

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

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.  

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 August - 15.  

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  Death of Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201) on this day in history.  

1369  On this day in history 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  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 August - 15 baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies  

1600  On this day in history johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60  

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

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

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

1725  On this day in history gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77  

1728  On August - 15 marin Marias, composer, dies at 72  

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  Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50 on August - 15.  

1799  Death of Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729) on this day in history.  

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

1848  On August - 15 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 August - 15.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.  

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  

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

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.  

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.  

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on this day in history.  

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.