Historical Events In August - 15

0069  Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.  

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  On August - 15 roland, Frankish commander  

0927  The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto on August - 15.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1057  Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England  

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

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

1461  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 on this day in history.  

1464  On August - 15 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 this day in history.  

1519  Panama City founded on August - 15.  

1534  On August - 15 ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits  

1535  On this day in history asuncion, Paraguay founded  

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

1540  On August - 15 arequipa, Peru, is founded.  

1543  On August - 15 jesuit order founded in Paris  

1548  On this day in history mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France  

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

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

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

1600  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on August - 15.  

1615  Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies on August - 15.  

1619  On this day in history hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate  

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

1620  On August - 15 mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims  

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

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 August - 15 birth of bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)  

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander  

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

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 August - 15.  

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

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)