Famous Deaths In August - 15

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

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.   

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

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

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.   

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.   

1274  Death of Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201) on August - 15.   

1369  On August - 15 death of philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England   

1464  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1528  On August - 15 death of odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)   

1552  On August - 15 death of hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)   

1576  On this day in history baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies   

1600  On this day in history johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60   

1615  On August - 15 cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies   

1619  On August - 15 miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies   

1621  Death of John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582) on this day in history.   

1666  On August - 15 johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies   

1714  On August - 15 death of constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)   

1725  On this day in history gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77   

1728  Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1729  On August - 15 benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64   

1758  Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1798  Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50 on August - 15.   

1799  Death of Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729) on this day in history.   

1807  Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on August - 15.   

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

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

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on August - 15.   

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

1880  On this day in history death of adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848)   

1901  On August - 15 karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77   

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on August - 15.   

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1171  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.   

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

1575  On this day in history birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

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

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.   

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.   

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