Page 3: Historical Events In August - 15

1807  On this day in history 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 August - 15.   

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 this day in history orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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  On August - 15 south Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there.   

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  On August - 15 m Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair   

1848  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on August - 15.   

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

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  On August - 15 j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

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

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

1860  On this day in history florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23)   

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  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  On August - 15 2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England   

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

1870  On this day in history transcontinental Railway actually completed   

1870  Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado on this day in history.   

1872  On August - 15 harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.   

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

1619  On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

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

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

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  On August - 15 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  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.