Famous Deaths In August - 15

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.   

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

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

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  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.   

1274  On this day in history death of robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)   

1369  Death of Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England on August - 15.   

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

1528  On this day in history 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  Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1600  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on August - 15.   

1615  On this day in history cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies   

1619  Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies on this day in history.   

1621  On this day in history death of john Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)   

1666  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

1714  Death of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654) on August - 15.   

1725  Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history marin Marias, composer, dies at 72   

1729  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60   

1798  On August - 15 felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50   

1799  On this day in history death of giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)   

1807  On August - 15 johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70   

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

1852  On this day in history johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

1853  On this day in history giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72   

1864  On August - 15 daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies   

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  On August - 15 joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76   

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.   

1195  On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.   

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  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.   

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

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