Famous Deaths Happened In August - 15

0069  On August - 15 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  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

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)   

1274  Death of Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201) on this day in history.   

1369  Death of Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England on August - 15.   

1464  On August - 15 pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58   

1528  On August - 15 death of odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)   

1552  Death of Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477) on this day in history.   

1576  Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies on August - 15.   

1600  On this day in history johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60   

1615  On this day in history cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies   

1619  Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies on this day in history.   

1621  On this day in history death of john Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)   

1666  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies on August - 15.   

1714  On August - 15 death of constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)   

1725  Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 on August - 15.   

1728  On this day in history marin Marias, composer, dies at 72   

1729  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60   

1798  On August - 15 felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50   

1799  On August - 15 death of giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)   

1807  Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on August - 15.   

1848  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on August - 15.   

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies   

1880  Death of Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848) on this day in history.   

1901  On August - 15 karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77   

1907  On this day in history joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76   

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1171  On August - 15 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  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.   

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher