Historical Events In August - 15

1807  On this day in history johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70   

1808  On this day in history a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries   

1822  Census shows Upper Canada has 120,000 inhabitants, Lower Canada 500,000 on this day in history.   

1822  On August - 15 wilhelm Rust, composer   

1823  On August - 15 orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1824  Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia on this day in history.   

1829  Eduard de Hartog, composer on August - 15.   

1832  On this day in history gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism   

1832  On August - 15 gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism   

1834  On this day in history south Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there.   

1839  On August - 15 hugh Archibald Clarke, composer   

1843  On August - 15 national black convention meets (Buffalo NY)   

1845  Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) on this day in history.   

1848  M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair on August - 15.   

1848  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on August - 15.   

1851  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) on August - 15.   

1852  On this day in history johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

1853  On this day in history giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72   

1856  On August - 15 j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

1858  Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins on this day in history.   

1858  Regular mail to Pacific coast begins on August - 15.   

1860  On this day in history florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23)   

1861  On August - 15 lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO   

1863  Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars on August - 15.   

1864  Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners on August - 15.   

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on this day in history.   

1865  On August - 15 johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)   

1867  2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England on August - 15.   

1869  On this day in history the Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.   

1870  On this day in history transcontinental Railway actually completed   

1870  On this day in history transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado   

1872  Harold Fraser-Simson, composer on this day in history.   

1874  On August - 15 joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert   

1875  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) on this day in history.   

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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 August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

1057  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.   

1196  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)