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  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  On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

1057  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

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

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 August - 15.   

1369  On this day in history 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 August - 15.   

1528  Death of Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485) on August - 15.   

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  On August - 15 johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60   

1615  Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1666  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies on August - 15.   

1714  On this day in history death of constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)   

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

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

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

1758  Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 on August - 15.   

1798  Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 15 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88   

1852  On August - 15 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1195  On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

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

1575  On August - 15 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 August - 15.   

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on this day in history.   

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