Page 2: Historical Events In August - 15

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

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

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

1666  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

1668  Rijnbond disbands on August - 15.   

1684  On August - 15 spain & Germany sign cease fire with France   

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

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher on August - 15.   

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

1729  On August - 15 benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64   

1736  On August - 15 johann Christoph Kellner, composer   

1740  On this day in history m Claudius, writer   

1741  On August - 15 french troops attack the Rhine   

1741  Thomas Norris, composer on August - 15.   

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

1758  Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 15.   

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

1771  On August - 15 walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Joseph Haydn leaves England forever on August - 15.   

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

1803  On August - 15 james Douglas, father of British Columbia   

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1171  On August - 15 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  On this day in history 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 August - 15.   

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

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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