Page 3: Historical Events In August - 15

1807  Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1822  Census shows Upper Canada has 120,000 inhabitants, Lower Canada 500,000 on August - 15.   

1822  On August - 15 wilhelm Rust, composer   

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

1824  On August - 15 freed American slaves forms country of Liberia   

1829  On August - 15 eduard de Hartog, composer   

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

1832  Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism on August - 15.   

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  Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) on this day in history.   

1848  On August - 15 m Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair   

1848  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on August - 15.   

1851  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) on this day in history.   

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on August - 15.   

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

1856  On this day in history j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

1858  Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins on this day in history.   

1858  On August - 15 regular mail to Pacific coast begins   

1860  Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23) on August - 15.   

1861  Lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO on August - 15.   

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

1864  On this day in history off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners   

1864  On this day in history daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies   

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  Harold Fraser-Simson, composer on this day in history.   

1874  Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on this day in history.   

1875  On August - 15 samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast)   

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

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

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

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

1040  On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

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 this day in history.   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.