Page 3: Historical Events In August - 15

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

1808  A British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries on this day in history.   

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

1822  On August - 15 wilhelm Rust, composer   

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

1824  Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia on this day in history.   

1829  On August - 15 eduard de Hartog, composer   

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

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

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

1839  Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer on August - 15.   

1843  National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) on August - 15.   

1845  On this day in history walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)   

1848  On this day in history m Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair   

1848  Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1851  On August - 15 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)   

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

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  On August - 15 regular mail to Pacific coast begins   

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  Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga) on this day in history.   

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

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

1870  On August - 15 transcontinental Railway actually completed   

1870  On August - 15 transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado   

1872  Harold Fraser-Simson, composer on this day in history.   

1874  On August - 15 joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert   

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  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.   

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

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

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  On August - 15 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)