Page 2: Historical Events In August - 15

1635  1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony on August - 15.   

1653  -16] Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea on August - 15.   

1658  On this day in history france/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond   

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

1668  On this day in history rijnbond disbands   

1684  On this day in history spain & Germany sign cease fire with France   

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

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

1725  Ferdinando Bertoni, composer on this day in history.   

1725  On August - 15 gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77   

1727  Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer on this day in history.   

1728  On August - 15 marin Marias, composer, dies at 72   

1729  On this day in history benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64   

1736  Johann Christoph Kellner, composer on this day in history.   

1740  M Claudius, writer on this day in history.   

1741  On August - 15 french troops attack the Rhine   

1741  On this day in history thomas Norris, composer   

1748  United Lutheran Church of US organized on August - 15.   

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

1760  Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia on this day in history.   

1769  The birth of Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor on this day in history.   

1769  Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) on August - 15.   

1771  On this day in history the birth of Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist   

1771  Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) on this day in history.   

1776  On August - 15 gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)   

1782  On this day in history henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)   

1785  French cardinal De Rohan arrested on August - 15.   

1785  On this day in history thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)   

1787  Alexander Aliabiev, composer on this day in history.   

1788  On August - 15 carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director   

1794  On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)   

1795  On this day in history joseph Haydn leaves England forever   

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

1803  James Douglas, father of British Columbia on August - 15.   

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1171  On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

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

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

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

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  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

0423  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.   

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

1040  On this day in history 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 August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

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