Historical Events In August - 15

1635  1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony on August - 15.  

1653  On this day in history -16] Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea  

1658  On this day in history france/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond  

1666  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies on August - 15.  

1668  On this day in history rijnbond disbands  

1684  Spain & Germany sign cease fire with France on August - 15.  

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) on this day in history.  

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

1725  On August - 15 ferdinando Bertoni, composer  

1725  Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 on August - 15.  

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1727  On August - 15 johann Georg Holzbogen, composer  

1728  Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72 on August - 15.  

1729  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1736  On August - 15 johann Christoph Kellner, composer  

1740  M Claudius, writer on this day in history.  

1741  On August - 15 french troops attack the Rhine  

1741  On this day in history thomas Norris, composer  

1748  United Lutheran Church of US organized on August - 15.  

1758  On this day in history pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60  

1760  Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia on August - 15.  

1769  On this day in history the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor  

1769  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)  

1771  The birth of Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist on this day in history.  

1771  Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) on August - 15.  

1776  Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten) on August - 15.  

1782  On this day in history henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)  

1785  On this day in history french cardinal De Rohan arrested  

1785  On this day in history thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)  

1787  Alexander Aliabiev, composer on this day in history.  

1788  Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director on August - 15.  

1794  On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)  

1795  Joseph Haydn leaves England forever on August - 15.  

1798  On this day in history felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50  

1803  James Douglas, father of British Columbia on this day in history.  

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

1575  Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.  

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.  

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

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.  

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

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

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