Historical Events In August - 15

1807  On August - 15 johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70   

1808  On this day in history a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries   

1822  On this day in history census shows Upper Canada has 120,000 inhabitants, Lower Canada 500,000.   

1822  On August - 15 wilhelm Rust, composer   

1823  Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1824  Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia on August - 15.   

1829  On this day in history eduard de Hartog, composer   

1832  On this day in history gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism   

1832  Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism on this day in history.   

1834  South Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there on August - 15.   

1839  On August - 15 hugh Archibald Clarke, composer   

1843  National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) on this day in history.   

1845  On August - 15 walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)   

1848  On this day in history m Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair   

1848  On August - 15 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88   

1851  On August - 15 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)   

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72   

1856  On August - 15 j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

1858  On this day in history regular mail to the Pacific coast begins   

1858  On August - 15 regular mail to Pacific coast begins   

1860  Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO   

1863  Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars on this day in history.   

1864  Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners on this day in history.   

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on this day in history.   

1865  Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga) on August - 15.   

1867  2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England on August - 15.   

1869  On August - 15 the Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.   

1870  Transcontinental Railway actually completed on August - 15.   

1870  Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

1874  On August - 15 joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert   

1875  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) on August - 15.   

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.   

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

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

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.   

1057  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.   

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