Famous Deaths Happened In August - 15

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

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

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

1038  On August - 15 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  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)   

1274  Death of Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 August - 15 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  Death of John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582) on August - 15.   

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

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

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

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 August - 15 giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72   

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on August - 15.   

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

1901  Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77 on August - 15.   

1907  On this day in history joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76   

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

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  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 August - 15.   

1702  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher