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 August - 15.  

0778  Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great on this day in history.  

0778  On this day in history roland, Frankish commander  

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

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

1185  The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia on this day in history.  

1308  Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece on this day in history.  

1369  On this day in history philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England  

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

1457  Earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed on August - 15.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1519  On this day in history panama City founded  

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

1535  On August - 15 asuncion, Paraguay founded  

1537  On this day in history asunción, Paraguay, is founded.  

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

1543  On this day in history jesuit order founded in Paris  

1548  On August - 15 mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France  

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

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

1599  Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass on August - 15.  

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

1615  On August - 15 cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies  

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

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  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.  

1432  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  

1575  Bartol Kašić, 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  On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate  

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

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 August - 15.  

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

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander  

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 August - 15.  

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