Famous Personalities Born In August - 15

1171  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

1195  On this day in history 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  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.   

1619  On this day in history 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  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.   

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

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  On August - 15 birth of m Claudius, writer   

1740  On August - 15 birth of matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)   

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

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 August - 15.   

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

1785  On this day in history birth of thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)   

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

1788  On this day in history birth of carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director   

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

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

1823  On August - 15 birth of orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1829  On this day in history birth of eduard de Hartog, composer   

1839  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918) was born on August - 15.   

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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  On August - 15 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  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.