Page 3: 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 August - 15.   

1822  On this day in history wilhelm Rust, composer   

1823  On this day in history orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1824  On August - 15 freed American slaves forms country of Liberia   

1829  Eduard de Hartog, composer on this day in history.   

1832  Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism on August - 15.   

1832  Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism on this day in history.   

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

1839  On August - 15 hugh Archibald Clarke, composer   

1843  On this day in history national black convention meets (Buffalo NY)   

1845  On August - 15 walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)   

1848  On August - 15 m Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair   

1848  On August - 15 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88   

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

1852  On August - 15 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

1853  On August - 15 giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72   

1856  On this day in history j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

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

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

1860  Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23) on August - 15.   

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

1863  Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars on this day in history.   

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  The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto on August - 15.   

1870  On this day in history transcontinental Railway actually completed   

1870  Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado on August - 15.   

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

1874  Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on this day in history.   

1875  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) on August - 15.   

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.   

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

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  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.   

0423  On this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

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