Famous Personalities Born In August - 15

1171  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 August - 15 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   

1717  Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810) was born on August - 15.   

1725  On August - 15 birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer   

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

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

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

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

1741  Thomas Norris, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1785  On August - 15 birth of thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)   

1787  Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born on August - 15.   

1788  On August - 15 birth of carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director   

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

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

1813  On August - 15 birth of jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)   

1822  Wilhelm Rust, composer was born on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

1839  On August - 15 birth of hugh Archibald Clarke, composer   

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

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

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

1857  On this day in history birth of albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)   

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

0423  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.   

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on August - 15.   

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on this day in history.   

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)