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Historical Events In August - 15

Friday, 31 March 2023

1807  Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1808  On this day in history a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1822  Census shows Upper Canada has 120,000 inhabitants, Lower Canada 500,000 on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1822  Wilhelm Rust, composer on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1823  Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1824  On this day in history freed American slaves forms country of Liberia  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1829  On August - 15 eduard de Hartog, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1832  Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1832  Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1834  South Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1839  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1843  National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1845  On August - 15 walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1848  M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1848  On August - 15 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1851  On this day in history [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1856  J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1858  On this day in history regular mail to the Pacific coast begins  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1858  On this day in history regular mail to Pacific coast begins  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1860  Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23) on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1861  On this day in history lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1863  On this day in history submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1864  Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1864  On this day in history daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1865  On August - 15 johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1867  2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1869  On this day in history the Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1870  On August - 15 transcontinental Railway actually completed  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1870  On August - 15 transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1872  On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1874  Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1875  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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List Of Important Days In August

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Famous Birthdays In August - 15

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1171  On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1575  On August - 15 birth of bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1702  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 15

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0069  On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0423  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1040  On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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