Historical Events In August - 15

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

0423  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great on August - 15.   

0778  Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

0927  On August - 15 the Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.   

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

1040  King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland on August - 15.   

1040  King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.   

1057  On August - 15 macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1057  King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada on this day in history.   

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on this day in history.   

1185  On August - 15 the cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.   

1308  On this day in history johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece   

1369  Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England on August - 15.   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) on August - 15.   

1457  On this day in history earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed   

1461  On this day in history the Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.   

1464  On this day in history pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58   

1517  Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary on August - 15.   

1519  Panama City founded on August - 15.   

1534  Ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits on this day in history.   

1535  On August - 15 asuncion, Paraguay founded   

1537  Asunción, Paraguay, is founded on this day in history.   

1540  Arequipa, Peru, is founded on this day in history.   

1543  Jesuit order founded in Paris on August - 15.   

1548  Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France on this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan   

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

1599  Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass on this day in history.   

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 August - 15 hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

1619  Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies on August - 15.   

1620  On this day in history mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims   

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1171  On this day in history 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  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.   

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

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

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 August - 15.   

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

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.   

0423  On this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 15.   

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

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.