Page 2: Historical Events In August - 15
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
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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