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 August - 15.  

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

1040  On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland  

1057  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan  

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.  

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.  

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  

1464  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58 on August - 15.  

1528  On this day in history death of odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)  

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 August - 15.  

1615  Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies on this day in history.  

1619  On this day in history miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies  

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

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 August - 15.  

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

1728  On this day in history marin Marias, composer, dies at 72  

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

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  Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1907  On August - 15 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 August - 15.  

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

1575  On this day in history birth of bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)  

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 August - 15.  

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