Historical Events In August - 15

1635  1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony on this day in history.   

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

1658  France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond on August - 15.   

1666  On this day in history johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies   

1668  On August - 15 rijnbond disbands   

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

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 this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77   

1727  Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer on August - 15.   

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

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

1736  Johann Christoph Kellner, composer on this day in history.   

1740  On August - 15 m Claudius, writer   

1741  French troops attack the Rhine on August - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1769  On August - 15 napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)   

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 this day in history.   

1782  On August - 15 henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)   

1785  French cardinal De Rohan arrested on August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

1794  Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum) on August - 15.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.   

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