Famous Personalities Born In August - 15

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

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

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.   

1619  On August - 15 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  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

1717  Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

1725  Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born on August - 15.   

1727  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Holzbogen, composer   

1736  On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Kellner, composer   

1740  M Claudius, writer was born on August - 15.   

1740  On this day in history birth of matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)   

1741  Thomas Norris, composer was born on August - 15.   

1769  On August - 15 birth of napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)   

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

1776  Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten) was born on this day in history.   

1776  On August - 15 birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer   

1782  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) was born on this day in history.   

1785  Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) was born on this day in history.   

1787  On this day in history birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer   

1788  Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director was born on this day in history.   

1794  On August - 15 birth of elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)   

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

1813  On this day in history birth of jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)   

1822  Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on August - 15.   

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

1829  On August - 15 birth of eduard de Hartog, composer   

1839  On this day in history birth of hugh Archibald Clarke, composer   

1845  Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) was born on August - 15.   

1851  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) was born on August - 15.   

1856  J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament was born on August - 15.   

1857  Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.   

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0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.   

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

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

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)