Page 2: Historical Events In August - 15

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

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

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

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

1668  Rijnbond disbands on this day in history.   

1684  Spain & Germany sign cease fire with France on this day in history.   

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 this day in history ferdinando Bertoni, composer   

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

1727  Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history marin Marias, composer, dies at 72   

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  M Claudius, writer on this day in history.   

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

1741  On this day in history thomas Norris, composer   

1748  On this day in history 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 August - 15.   

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

1771  The birth of Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist on August - 15.   

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  French cardinal De Rohan arrested on August - 15.   

1785  On August - 15 thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)   

1787  On this day in history alexander Aliabiev, composer   

1788  On this day in history carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director   

1794  On August - 15 elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)   

1795  On August - 15 joseph Haydn leaves England forever   

1798  On August - 15 felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50   

1803  James Douglas, father of British Columbia on August - 15.   

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

1619  On August - 15 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  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

1040  On August - 15 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 August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)