Historical Events In August - 15

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

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

0778  On August - 15 battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great   

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

1040  On August - 15 king Duncan I of Scotland   

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

1057  On August - 15 king Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.   

1118  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1185  On this day in history 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  On August - 15 philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England   

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

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

1461  On August - 15 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 August - 15 pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58   

1517  On this day in history seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.   

1519  On this day in history panama City founded   

1534  Ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits on August - 15.   

1535  Asuncion, Paraguay founded on this day in history.   

1537  On August - 15 asunción, Paraguay, is founded.   

1540  Arequipa, Peru, is founded on August - 15.   

1543  On August - 15 jesuit order founded in Paris   

1548  Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France on August - 15.   

1549  Portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies   

1599  On this day in history nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass   

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  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate on August - 15.   

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

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 August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.   

1040  On August - 15 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  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)