Historical Events In August - 15

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

1653  On August - 15 -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  On this day in history spain & Germany sign cease fire with France   

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

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

1725  Ferdinando Bertoni, composer on August - 15.   

1725  On August - 15 gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77   

1727  Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer on August - 15.   

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

1729  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64 on August - 15.   

1736  Johann Christoph Kellner, composer on August - 15.   

1740  M Claudius, writer on August - 15.   

1741  On August - 15 french troops attack the Rhine   

1741  On August - 15 thomas Norris, composer   

1748  On August - 15 united Lutheran Church of US organized   

1758  On August - 15 pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60   

1760  Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia on this day in history.   

1769  On August - 15 the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor   

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

1771  On August - 15 the birth of Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist   

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

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

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

1785  On August - 15 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  On August - 15 carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director   

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

1795  Joseph Haydn leaves England forever on this day in history.   

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

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

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

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  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

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)