Famous Personalities Born In August - 15

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

1195  On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

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

1575  On August - 15 birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

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.   

1717  On August - 15 birth of blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)   

1725  On August - 15 birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer   

1727  Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born on August - 15.   

1736  Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born on August - 15.   

1740  M Claudius, writer was born on this day in history.   

1740  Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on August - 15.   

1741  On August - 15 birth of thomas Norris, composer   

1769  Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) was born on this day in history.   

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

1776  On this day in history birth of gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)   

1776  On this day in history birth of ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer   

1782  On August - 15 birth of henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)   

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 August - 15.   

1794  Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum) was born on August - 15.   

1803  On this day in history birth of james Douglas, father of British Columbia   

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

1822  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Rust, composer   

1823  Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 15.   

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

1839  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born on August - 15.   

1845  Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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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  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  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on August - 15.   

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)