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 this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander  

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

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 August - 15 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  On this day in history 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  

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1464  On August - 15 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  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1615  On this day in history cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies  

1619  Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies on this day in history.  

1621  Death of John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582) on August - 15.  

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

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

1725  On August - 15 gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77  

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  Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

1799  On August - 15 death of giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)  

1807  Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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 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 August - 15.  

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.  

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  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.  

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)  

1619  On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate  

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

1702  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher