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 this day in history.   

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

1600  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1666  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies on August - 15.   

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

1725  Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 on August - 15.   

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

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

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

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

1848  On August - 15 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88   

1852  On August - 15 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

1853  On this day in history 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 August - 15 karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77   

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

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1171  On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

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

1432  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  On this day in history 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 August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher