Famous Deaths Happened In August - 15
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
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 this day in history.
1038 Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.
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 August - 15.
1118 On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies
1196 On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
1274 On August - 15 death of robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)
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 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 Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies on this day in history.
1600 Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1615 Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies on August - 15.
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 On this day in history johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies
1714 On August - 15 death of constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)
1725 On August - 15 gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77
1728 On this day in history marin Marias, composer, dies at 72
1729 On this day in history benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64
1758 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 on August - 15.
1798 Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50 on August - 15.
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 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 On this day in history daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies
1880 On August - 15 death of adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848)
1901 Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1907 Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
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