Famous Deaths Happened In August - 15

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

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

1040  On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

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 August - 15.   

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

1274  On this day in history death of robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)   

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

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

1528  Death of Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485) on August - 15.   

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

1576  On this day in history baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies   

1600  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1615  Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies on August - 15.   

1619  On this day in history miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies   

1621  Death of John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582) on August - 15.   

1666  On August - 15 johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies   

1714  Death of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654) on August - 15.   

1725  Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1728  Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1729  On this day in history benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64   

1758  Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 on August - 15.   

1798  On this day in history felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50   

1799  Death of Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729) on this day in history.   

1807  On August - 15 johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70   

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

1852  On August - 15 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

1853  Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72 on August - 15.   

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on August - 15.   

1880  On this day in history death of adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848)   

1901  On this day in history 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 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 August - 15 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  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.   

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

1702  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher