Historical Events In August - 15

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

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

1658  France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond on this day in history.  

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

1668  On August - 15 rijnbond disbands  

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

1688  On August - 15 frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)  

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

1725  On this day in history ferdinando Bertoni, composer  

1725  Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1727  Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer on August - 15.  

1728  On August - 15 marin Marias, composer, dies at 72  

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

1736  On this day in history johann Christoph Kellner, composer  

1740  On this day in history m Claudius, writer  

1741  French troops attack the Rhine on this day in history.  

1741  On August - 15 thomas Norris, composer  

1748  On August - 15 united Lutheran Church of US organized  

1758  Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 on August - 15.  

1760  On August - 15 battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia  

1769  The birth of Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor on this day in history.  

1769  Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) on August - 15.  

1771  On this day in history the birth of Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist  

1771  Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) on this day in history.  

1776  On August - 15 gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)  

1782  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) on August - 15.  

1785  On August - 15 french cardinal De Rohan arrested  

1785  Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) on this day in history.  

1787  On August - 15 alexander Aliabiev, composer  

1788  Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director on this day in history.  

1794  Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum) on this day in history.  

1795  On this day in history joseph Haydn leaves England forever  

1798  Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  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  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  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered  

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.  

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

1038  On August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

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 August - 15.  

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

1196  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)