Historical Events In August - 15

0069  On this day in history servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

0778  Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great on August - 15.   

0778  On this day in history roland, Frankish commander   

0927  On this day in history the Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.   

1038  On August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

1040  On August - 15 king Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.   

1040  On August - 15 king Duncan I of Scotland   

1057  Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on August - 15.   

1057  King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada on August - 15.   

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1185  The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia on this day in history.   

1308  Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece on this day in history.   

1369  Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England on this day in history.   

1432  On August - 15 luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1457  On August - 15 earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed   

1461  The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered on this day in history.   

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

1517  Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history panama City founded   

1534  On this day in history ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits   

1535  Asuncion, Paraguay founded on August - 15.   

1537  On this day in history asunción, Paraguay, is founded.   

1540  Arequipa, Peru, is founded on August - 15.   

1543  Jesuit order founded in Paris on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France   

1549  On August - 15 portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan   

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

1599  Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass 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  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies   

1620  On this day in history mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims   

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.   

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

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

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

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  On this day in history 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  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.