Page 3: Historical Events In August - 15

1807  On August - 15 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  On this day in history census shows Upper Canada has 120,000 inhabitants, Lower Canada 500,000.   

1822  Wilhelm Rust, composer on this day in history.   

1823  Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1824  Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia on August - 15.   

1829  On August - 15 eduard de Hartog, composer   

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

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

1834  On August - 15 south Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there.   

1839  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history 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  On this day in history timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88   

1851  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) on this day in history.   

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on August - 15.   

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

1858  On this day in history regular mail to the Pacific coast begins   

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 this day in history lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO   

1863  On August - 15 submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars   

1864  On this day in history off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners   

1864  On this day in history daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies   

1865  Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga) on August - 15.   

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

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  Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado on this day in history.   

1872  Harold Fraser-Simson, composer on August - 15.   

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

1875  On this day in history samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast)   

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1171  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1432  On this day in history 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 August - 15.   

1619  On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

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

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

0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

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

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.   

1057  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

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.