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

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

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

1725  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Bertoni, composer   

1727  Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born on this day in history.   

1736  On August - 15 birth of johann Christoph Kellner, composer   

1740  On August - 15 birth of m Claudius, writer   

1740  Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.   

1741  On August - 15 birth of thomas Norris, composer   

1769  Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) was born on August - 15.   

1771  Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) was born on August - 15.   

1776  Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten) was born on August - 15.   

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  Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) was born on August - 15.   

1787  On August - 15 birth of alexander Aliabiev, composer   

1788  Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director was born on August - 15.   

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  Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891) was born on August - 15.   

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

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

1829  Eduard de Hartog, composer was born on August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

1856  J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament was born on this day in history.   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  On this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.