Page 2: Historical Events In August - 15

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

1653  -16] Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea on August - 15.   

1658  On August - 15 france/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond   

1666  On August - 15 johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies   

1668  Rijnbond disbands on August - 15.   

1684  On this day in history spain & Germany sign cease fire with France   

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

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 this day in history.   

1727  On August - 15 johann Georg Holzbogen, composer   

1728  Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1736  On August - 15 johann Christoph Kellner, composer   

1740  On August - 15 m Claudius, writer   

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

1741  On August - 15 thomas Norris, composer   

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

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

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

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

1769  Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1782  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history french cardinal De Rohan arrested   

1785  On August - 15 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  On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)   

1795  Joseph Haydn leaves England forever on August - 15.   

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

1803  On this day in history james Douglas, father of British Columbia   

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on this day in history.   

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.   

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

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

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

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

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  On this day in history 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  On August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

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  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.