Famous Birthdays In August - 15

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 KaÅ¡ić, 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.   

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

0423  On this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.   

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

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 this day in history.   

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