Historical Events In August - 15
Saturday, 15 August 2026
0069 Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered 

0423 Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies 

0778 Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great. 

0778 Roland, Frankish commander 

0927 The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto 

1038 Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies. 

1040 King Duncan I is killed in battle against his inaugural cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. 

1040 King Duncan I of Scotland. 

1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan. 

1057 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. 

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