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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 15 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  Death of Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477) on August - 15.  

1576  Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies on August - 15.  

1600  On August - 15 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  Death of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654) on this day in history.  

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

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

1729  On August - 15 benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64  

1758  On this day in history pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60  

1798  Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50 on August - 15.  

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  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on August - 15.  

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on August - 15.  

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on August - 15.  

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on August - 15.  

1880  On this day in history death of adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848)  

1901  On August - 15 karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77  

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 August - 15.  

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

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  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.  

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

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)  

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