Historical Events In August - 15

1807  Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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  Wilhelm Rust, composer on August - 15.  

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 August - 15 eduard de Hartog, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1843  National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) on August - 15.  

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

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

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

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

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on August - 15.  

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1856  J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament on August - 15.  

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

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

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  On this day in history submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars  

1864  Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history 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 August - 15.  

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

1870  On August - 15 transcontinental Railway actually completed  

1870  On August - 15 transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado  

1872  On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer  

1874  Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on August - 15.  

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

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1171  On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)  

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  On August - 15 birth of bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)  

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)  

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.  

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher  

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on August - 15.  

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on this day in history.  

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