Page 3: Historical Events In August - 15

1807  On August - 15 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 this day in history.   

1822  Wilhelm Rust, composer on August - 15.   

1823  On August - 15 orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

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

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

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  On August - 15 hugh Archibald Clarke, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1863  On this day in history submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars   

1864  On this day in history off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners   

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 15 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  On August - 15 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  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 KaÅ¡ić, 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  On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.   

0069  On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

1196  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)