Historical Events In August - 15

1807  On August - 15 johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70  

1808  A British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries on this day in history.  

1822  On August - 15 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 August - 15.  

1824  On this day in history freed American slaves forms country of Liberia  

1829  On this day in history eduard de Hartog, composer  

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

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

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

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1839  On this day in history hugh Archibald Clarke, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1848  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 August - 15.  

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

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

1861  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1864  On August - 15 daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies  

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

1867  2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England on this day in history.  

1869  On August - 15 the Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.  

1870  Transcontinental Railway actually completed on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1432  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  

1575  Bartol Kašić, 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  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.  

1688  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

0423  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies  

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.  

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

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.