Historical Events In August - 15

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

1808  On August - 15 a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries   

1822  Census shows Upper Canada has 120,000 inhabitants, Lower Canada 500,000 on August - 15.   

1822  Wilhelm Rust, composer on August - 15.   

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

1824  On August - 15 freed American slaves forms country of Liberia   

1829  Eduard de Hartog, composer on this day in history.   

1832  Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism on this day in history.   

1832  On August - 15 gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism   

1834  On August - 15 south Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there.   

1839  On August - 15 hugh Archibald Clarke, composer   

1843  On August - 15 national black convention meets (Buffalo NY)   

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

1848  On August - 15 m Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair   

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

1851  [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) on this day in history.   

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

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

1856  On this day in history j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

1858  Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins on August - 15.   

1858  Regular mail to Pacific coast begins on August - 15.   

1860  On this day in history florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23)   

1861  On August - 15 lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO   

1863  Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars on August - 15.   

1864  On August - 15 off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners   

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

1865  On this day in history johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)   

1867  On this day in history 2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England   

1869  On this day in history the Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.   

1870  Transcontinental Railway actually completed on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado   

1872  On this day in history harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

1874  Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on August - 15.   

1875  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) on this day in history.   

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

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

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   

0069  On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

1196  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)