Famous Birthdays In August - 15

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

1195  On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.   

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

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

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

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

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

1717  Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810) was born on August - 15.   

1725  Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born on August - 15.   

1727  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Holzbogen, composer   

1736  Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born on August - 15.   

1740  On this day in history birth of m Claudius, writer   

1740  Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.   

1741  Thomas Norris, composer was born on August - 15.   

1769  Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) was born on August - 15.   

1771  Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) was born on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history birth of gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)   

1776  On August - 15 birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer   

1782  On August - 15 birth of henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)   

1785  Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) was born on August - 15.   

1787  Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born on this day in history.   

1788  On August - 15 birth of carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director   

1794  Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum) was born on August - 15.   

1803  James Douglas, father of British Columbia was born on August - 15.   

1813  On August - 15 birth of jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)   

1822  Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on this day in history.   

1823  Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 15.   

1829  On this day in history birth of eduard de Hartog, composer   

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

1845  On this day in history birth of walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)   

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

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

1857  Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.   

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0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

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