Famous Deaths In August - 15

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

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

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

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

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 August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.   

1274  Death of Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201) on August - 15.   

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

1600  On August - 15 johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60   

1615  On August - 15 cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies   

1619  On August - 15 miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies   

1621  On August - 15 death of john Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)   

1666  On this day in history johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies   

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

1725  On this day in history gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77   

1728  On August - 15 marin Marias, composer, dies at 72   

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

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 this day in history johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70   

1848  On this day in history timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88   

1852  Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on August - 15.   

1853  On August - 15 giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72   

1864  Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies on this day in history.   

1880  Death of Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848) on August - 15.   

1901  On this day in history karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77   

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on August - 15.   

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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 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  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

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