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  France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond on this day in history.   

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

1668  On this day in history rijnbond disbands   

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

1688  On August - 15 frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  On this day in history francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

1725  On August - 15 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 August - 15.   

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

1736  On August - 15 johann Christoph Kellner, composer   

1740  M Claudius, writer on August - 15.   

1741  On this day in history french troops attack the Rhine   

1741  On August - 15 thomas Norris, composer   

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

1758  On August - 15 pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60   

1760  Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia on August - 15.   

1769  On August - 15 the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor   

1769  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)   

1771  The birth of Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist on this day in history.   

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  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) on August - 15.   

1785  French cardinal De Rohan arrested on this day in history.   

1785  Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) on August - 15.   

1787  On August - 15 alexander Aliabiev, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

0069  On August - 15 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  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.   

1040  On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.   

1118  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.