Historical Events In August - 15

0069  On August - 15 servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.   

0778  Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great on this day in history.   

0778  Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.   

0927  On August - 15 the Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.   

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

1040  King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland on this day in history.   

1040  On this day in history king Duncan I of Scotland   

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

1057  On this day in history king Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.   

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

1185  On August - 15 the cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.   

1308  Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece on August - 15.   

1369  Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England on this day in history.   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) on this day in history.   

1457  Earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed on August - 15.   

1461  On this day in history the Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.   

1464  On August - 15 pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58   

1517  On this day in history seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.   

1519  On August - 15 panama City founded   

1534  On August - 15 ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits   

1535  Asuncion, Paraguay founded on this day in history.   

1537  Asunción, Paraguay, is founded on August - 15.   

1540  Arequipa, Peru, is founded on August - 15.   

1543  Jesuit order founded in Paris on August - 15.   

1548  Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France on August - 15.   

1549  Portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan on this day in history.   

1576  On August - 15 baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies   

1599  Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass on this day in history.   

1600  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on August - 15.   

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

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate on August - 15.   

1619  Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies on this day in history.   

1620  On August - 15 mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims   

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

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

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  On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

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

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

1038  On August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.   

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)