Historical Events In August - 15

1807  Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1822  Wilhelm Rust, composer on this day in history.   

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

1824  Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia on August - 15.   

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 this day in history south Australia Act is passed by Britain's Parliament, allowing for establishment of colony there.   

1839  On this day in history hugh Archibald Clarke, composer   

1843  National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) on this day in history.   

1845  On August - 15 walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)   

1848  M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair on this day in history.   

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

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

1852  On this day in history 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  On August - 15 regular mail to the Pacific coast begins   

1858  On August - 15 regular mail to Pacific coast begins   

1860  On August - 15 florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23)   

1861  Lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MO on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars   

1864  On this day in history 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 August - 15 2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England   

1869  On August - 15 the Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.   

1870  Transcontinental Railway actually completed on August - 15.   

1870  Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado on this day in history.   

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 August - 15.   

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

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  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 this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1057  On this day in history 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)