Famous Birthdays In August - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.
1575 On August - 15 birth of bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1613 On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
1619 On this day in history 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 On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher
1717 Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.
1725 On this day in history birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer
1727 On August - 15 birth of johann Georg Holzbogen, composer
1736 Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born on this day in history.
1740 M Claudius, writer was born on August - 15.
1740 Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.
1741 Thomas Norris, composer was born on August - 15.
1769 On August - 15 birth of napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)
1771 On this day in history birth of walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake)
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 Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) was born on this day in history.
1785 On August - 15 birth of thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)
1787 On August - 15 birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer
1788 Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director was born on August - 15.
1794 On this day in history birth of elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)
1803 On this day in history birth of james Douglas, father of British Columbia
1813 On this day in history birth of jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on August - 15.
1823 On this day in history birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 Eduard de Hartog, composer was born on this day in history.
1839 On this day in history birth of hugh Archibald Clarke, composer
1845 On August - 15 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 August - 15.