Page 3: Historical Events In August - 15

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

1808  On August - 15 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  On August - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1839  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer on August - 15.   

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

1845  On this day in history 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  [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 August - 15 giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72   

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

1858  On August - 15 regular mail to the Pacific coast begins   

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

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

1861  Lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO on August - 15.   

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

1864  On August - 15 off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners   

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on August - 15.   

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  On this day in history transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado   

1872  On August - 15 harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

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

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

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

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.   

1118  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)