Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 765. This year Eanbert was invested archbishop, on the fortieth day over mid-winter; and Frithwald, Bishop of Whitern, died on the nones of May. He was consecrated at York, on the eighteenth day before the calends of September, in the sixth year of the reign of Ceolwulf, and was bishop nine and twenty winters. Then was Petwin consecrated Bishop of Whitern at Adlingfleet, on the sixteenth day before the calends of August.

On 15 Aug 1057 King Macbeth of Scotland (age 52) died. Lulach King Scotland succeeded King Scotland.

On 15 Aug 1171 Alfonso IX King Leon was born to Ferdinand II King Leon (age 34) and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.00%.

On 15 Aug 1191 Henry Hohenstaufen VI Holy Roman Emperor (age 25) was crowned VI Holy Roman Emperor.

On 15 Aug 1193 King Philip II of France (age 27) and Ingeborg Estridsen Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Valdemar "Great" I King Denmark. He the son of Louis VII King Franks and Adèle Blois. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 15 Aug 1196 Conrad Duke of Swabia (age 24) was killed.

On 15 Aug 1209 Frederick I King Jerusalem II Holy Roman Emperor (age 14) and Constance Barcelona (age 30) were married at Messina, Sicily [Map]. She the daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of Henry Hohenstaufen VI Holy Roman Emperor. They were third cousin once removed.

Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. 15 Aug 1255. In the same year, the King of Scotland (age 13) and his Queen (age 14), daughter of the King of England, came into England, and, on the Assumption of Saint Mary [15 August] were with his lordship the King at Wudestok [Map]; upon which day, the said King held a great and most noble Court, nearly all his Earls and Barons being present.

On 15 Aug 1316 John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall was born to King Edward II of England (age 32) and Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 21) at Eltham Palace, Kent [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.16%.

On 15 Aug 1369 Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 55) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. Her husband King Edward III of England (age 56) and youngest son Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 14) were present. She was given a state funeral six months later on 09 Jan 1370 at which she was interred at on the northeast side of the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Her alabaster effigy was executed by sculptor Jean de Liège.

Chronicle of St Denis Book 17 Chapter 10. [15 Aug 1396]. Among all that was to be done, the king, with utmost diligence, intended to make the marriage of his firstborn daughter Lady Isabella (age 6) and the King of England conspicuous and in his presence; having been prevailed upon by the king with strong prayers, he sent to him the Duke of Burgundy, his uncle, to inquire how this could be accomplished more advantageously and honorably. He, according to the custom of the firstborn, recommending his departure to blessed Denis, when he had reached Guînes, a town in Picardy, on the vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary [15 Aug 1396], met the Counts of the Marshal and of Rutland (age 23); thence he encountered the prelates of the kingdom of England, and subsequently the Dukes of Lancaster (age 56) and Gloucester (age 41), the king’s uncles, accompanied by five hundred knights and squires, who escorted him with musical instruments all the way to Calais.

Inter omnia gerenda, rex, summa sollicitudine intendens connubium filie sue primogenite domine Ysabellis et regis Anglie reddere conspicuum et in ejus presencia, ipsius regis victus vallidis precibus, ad eum ducem Burgundie patruum suum misit, ad querendum qualiter id commodius et honorificencius agi posset. Qui, primogenitorum more, recessum suum beato Dyonisio recommendans , cum Guinnas, Picardie villam, attigisset , vigilia Assumpcionis beate Marie, comites Marescalli ac Rotlandi obvios habuit, inde regni Anglie prelatos, ac successive Lencastrie et Glocestrie duces, patruos regis , quingentis militibus et armigeris stipatos, qui eum cum instrumentis musicis usque Calesium conduxerunt.

On 15 Aug 1461 King Louis XI of France (age 38) was crowned XI King France: Capet Valois.

On 15 Aug 1496 Isabella Aviz Queen Consort Castile (age 68) died.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 15 Aug 1559. The xv day of August the Quen('s) (age 25) grace returned from Hamtun cowrte [Map] unto ( ... ) my lord [admiral's] (age 49) place; and ther her had grett cher, for my lord [admiral] byldyd a goodly banketthowsse [banquet house] for her grace; [it was] gyldyd rychely and pentyd, for he kept a gret [many] of penters [painters] a grett wylle in the contrey.

On 15 Aug 1575 Diego King Asturias was born to Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain (age 48) and Anna of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 21.27%.

On 15 Aug 1604 and 16 Aug 1604 Prince Charles (age 3) and Alexander Seton (age 49) lodged at the Leicester townhouse of William Skipwith (age 40) on their way to London.

On 15 Aug 1642 Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath (age 55) rejected a summons from the House of Lords which required his attendance at Parliament. On 23 Aug 1642 his arrest was ordered. On 28 Sep 1642 he was arrested at Tawstock Court, Devon and imprisoned at the Tower of London [Map].

John Evelyn's Diary. 15 Aug 1654. We passed next through Sherwood Forest, accounted the most extensive in England. Then, Paplewick, an incomparable vista with the pretty castle near it. Thence, we saw Newstead Abbey [Map], belonging to the Lord Byron (age 48), situated much like Fontainebleau in France, capable of being made a noble seat, accommodated as it is with brave woods and streams; it has yet remaining the front of a glorious abbey church. Next, by Mansfield town; then Welbeck [Map], the house of the Marquis of Newcastle (age 61), seated in a bottom in a park, and environed with woods, a noble yet melancholy seat. The palace is a handsome and stately building. Next to Worksop Abbey [Map], almost demolished; the church has a double flat tower entire, and a pretty gate. The manor belongs to the Earl of Arundel (age 27), and has to it a fair house at the foot of a hill in a park that affords a delicate prospect. Tickel, a town and castle, has a very noble prospect. All these in Nottinghamshire.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15 Aug 1661. Thence to the Opera, which begins again to-day with "The Witts", never acted yet with scenes; and the King and Duke (age 27) and Duchess (age 24) were there (who dined to-day with Sir H. Finch (age 39), reader at the Temple [Map], in great state); and indeed it is a most excellent play, and admirable scenes. So home and was overtaken by Sir W. Pen (age 40) in his coach, who has been this afternoon with my Lady Batten, &c., at the Theatre [Map].

John Evelyn's Diary. 15 Aug 1662. Came my Lord Chancellor (the Earl of Clarendon) (age 53) and his lady (age 45), his purse and mace borne before him, to visit me. They were likewise collationed with us, and were very merry. They had all been our old acquaintance in exile, and indeed this great person had ever been my friend. His son, Lord Cornbury, was here, too.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15 Aug 1665. Thence he and I to Sir J. Minnes's (age 66) by invitation, where Sir W. Batten (age 64) and my Lady, and my Lord Bruncker (age 45), and all of us dined upon a venison pasty and other good meat, but nothing well dressed. But my pleasure lay in getting some bills signed by Sir G. Carteret (age 55), and promise of present payment from Mr. Fenn, which do rejoice my heart, it being one of the heaviest things I had upon me, that so much of the little I have should lie (viz. near £1000) in the King's hands. Here very merry and (Sir G. Carteret being gone presently after dinner) to Captain Cocke's (age 48), and there merry, and so broke up and I by water to the Duke of Albemarle (age 56), with whom I spoke a great deale in private, they being designed to send a fleete of ships privately to the Streights. No news yet from our fleete, which is much wondered at, but the Duke says for certain guns have been heard to the northward very much. It was dark before I could get home, and so land at Church-yard stairs, where, to my great trouble, I met a dead corps of the plague, in the narrow ally just bringing down a little pair of stairs. But I thank God I was not much disturbed at it. However, I shall beware of being late abroad again.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15 Aug 1665. Up by 4 o'clock and walked to Greenwich, Kent [Map], where called at Captain Cocke's (age 48) and to his chamber, he being in bed, where something put my last night's dream into my head, which I think is the best that ever was dreamt, which was that I had my Baroness Castlemayne (age 24) in my armes and was admitted to use all the dalliance I desired with her, and then dreamt that this could not be awake, but that it was only a dream; but that since it was a dream, and that I took so much real pleasure in it, what a happy thing it would be if when we are in our graves (as Shakespeere resembles it) we could dream, and dream but such dreams as this, that then we should not need to be so fearful of death, as we are this plague time. Here I hear that news is brought Sir G. Carteret (age 55) that my Lord Hinchingbrooke is not well, and so cannot meet us at Cranborne to-night. So I to Sir G. Carteret's; and there was sorry with him for our disappointment. So we have put off our meeting there till Saturday next. Here I staid talking with Sir G. Carteret, he being mighty free with me in his business, and among other things hath ordered Rider and Mr. Cutler to put into my hands copper to the value of £5,000 (which Sir G. Carteret's share it seems come to in it), which is to raise part of the money he is to layout for a purchase for my Lady Jemimah.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15 Aug 1666. By and by the Duke of Yorke (age 32) with his books showed us the very place and manner, and that it was not our design or expectation to have done this, but only to have landed on the Fly, and burned some of their store; but being come in, we spied those ships, and with our long boats, one by one, fired them, our ships running all aground, it being so shoal water. We were led to this by, it seems, a renegado captain of the Hollanders, who found himself ill used by De Ruyter (age 59) for his good service, and so come over to us, and hath done us good service; so that now we trust him, and he himself did go on this expedition. The service is very great, and our joys as great for it. All this will make the Duke of Albemarle (age 57) in repute again, I doubt, though there is nothing of his in this. But, Lord! to see what successe do, whether with or without reason, and making a man seem wise, notwithstanding never so late demonstration of the profoundest folly in the world.

John Evelyn's Diary. 15 Aug 1673. Came to visit me my Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury (age 52).

John Evelyn's Diary. 15 Aug 1676. Came to dine with me my Lord Halifax (age 42), Sir Thomas Meeres (age 42), one of the Commissioners of the Admiralty, Sir John Clayton, Mr. Slingsby (age 55), Mr. Henshaw (age 58), and Mr. Bridgeman.

John Evelyn's Diary. 15 Aug 1685. Came to visite us Mr. Boscawen (age 57) with my Lord Godolphin's (age 40) little son (age 6), with whose education hither his father had intrusted me.

John Evelyn's Diary. 15 Aug 1687. I went to visit Lord Clarendon at Swallowfield, where was my Lord Cornbury (age 25) just arrived from Denmark, whither he had accompanied the Prince of Denmark (age 34) two months before, and now come back. The miserable tyranny under which that nation lives, he related to us; the King keeps them under an army of 40,000 men, all Germans, he not daring to trust his own subjects. Notwithstanding this, the Danes are exceedingly proud, the country very poor and miserable.

John Evelyn's Diary. 15 Aug 1688. I went to Althorpe [Map], in Northamptonshire, seventy miles. A coach and four horses took up me and my son at Whitehall, and carried us to Dunstable [Map], where we arrived and dined at noon, and from thence another coach and six horses carried us to Althorpe [Map], four miles beyond Northampton, where we arrived by seven o'clock that evening. Both these coaches were hired for me by that noble Countess of Sunderland (age 42), who invited me to her house at Althorpe, where she entertained me and my son with very extraordinary kindness; I stayed till the Thursday.

John Evelyn's Diary. 03 Aug 1690. The French landed some soldiers at Teignmouth [Map], in Devon, and burned some poor houses. The French fleet still hovering about the western coast, and we having 300 sail of rich merchant-ships in the bay of Plymouth [Map], our fleet began to move toward them, under three admirals. The country in the west all on their guard. A very extraordinary fine season; but on the 12th was a very great storm of thunder and lightning, and on the 15th the season much changed to wet and cold. The militia and trained bands, horse and foot, which were up through England, were dismissed. The French King having news that King William (age 39) was slain, and his army defeated in Ireland, caused such a triumph at Paris, and all over France, as was never heard of; when, in the midst of it, the unhappy King James (age 56) being vanquished, by a speedy flight and escape, himself brought the news of his own defeat.

On 15 Aug 1707 Johann Wilhelm Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 29) was killed.

In 15 Aug 1776 John Damer (age 32) shot himself at the Bedford Arms Covent Garden being heavily in debt.

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. After doing his best to set things going comfortably between Byron and Hunt, Shelley (age 29) returned on board with Williams on the 8th of July. It was a day of dark, louring, stifling heat. Trelawny took leave of his two friends, and about half-past six in the evening found himself startled from a doze by a frightful turmoil of storm. The "Don Juan" had by this time made Via Reggio; she was not to be seen, though other vessels which had sailed about the same time were still discernible. Shelley, Williams, and their only companion, a sailor-boy, perished in the squall. The exact nature of the catastrophe was from the first regarded as somewhat disputable. The condition of the "Don Juan" when recovered did not favour any assumption that she had capsized in a heavy sea - rather that she had been run down by some other vessel, a felucca or fishing-smack. In the absence of any counter evidence this would be supposed to have occurred by accident; but a rumour, not strictly verified and certainly not refuted, exists that an aged Italian seaman on his deathbed confessed that he had been one of the crew of the fatal felucca, and that the collision was intentional, as the men had plotted to steal a sum of money supposed to be on the "Don Juan," in charge of Lord Byron. In fact there was a moderate sum there, but Byron had neither embarked nor intended to embark. This may perhaps be the true account of the tragedy; at any rate Trelawny, the best possible authority on the subject, accepted it as true. He it was who laboriously tracked out the shore washed corpses of Williams and Shelley, and who undertook the burning of them, after the ancient Greek fashion, on the shore near Via Reggio, on the 15th and 16th of August. The great poet's ashes were then collected, and buried in the new Protestant cemetery in Rome. He was, at the date of his untimely death, within a month of completing the thirtieth year of his age – a surprising example of rich poetic achievement for so young a man.

On 15 Aug 1835 George V King Hanover (age 16) was appointed 675th Knight of the Garter by King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 69).

On 15 Aug 1920 Captain Willoughby Thornton Wrigley (age 25) was killed in action by rebels at Sharaban in Iraq. He was buried at the Baghdad North Gate Cemetery.

On 15 Aug 1941 James Herbert Croft 11th Baronet (age 34) was killed in action. His uncle Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft 12th Baronet (age 67) succeeded 12th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire

On 15 Aug 1950 Princess Anne Windsor was born to Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 29) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 24).

On 15 Aug 1171 Alfonso IX King Leon was born to Ferdinand II King Leon (age 34) and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.00%.

On 15 Aug 1299 Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke was born to Robert Fitzralph (age 23) and Elizabeth Neville (age 28).

On 15 Aug 1301 Roger Strange 4th Baron Strange Knockin was born to John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Knockin (age 19) and Isolde Chaworth Baroness Strange Knockin at Knockyn, Shropshire.

On 15 Aug 1316 John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall was born to King Edward II of England (age 32) and Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 21) at Eltham Palace, Kent [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.16%.

On 15 Aug 1366 John de Lisle 5th Baron Lisle was born to John de Lisle 4th Baron Lisle (age 30).

On 15 Aug 1385 Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford was born to Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford (age 47) and Alice Fitzwalter Countess of Oxford.

On 15 Aug 1402 Humphrey Stafford was born to Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford (age 24) and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford (age 19). He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 15 Aug 1569 Edward Denny 1st Earl Norwich was born to Henry Denny (age 29) and Honora Grey (age 29).

On 15 Aug 1575 Diego King Asturias was born to Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain (age 48) and Anna of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 21.27%.

On 15 Aug 1575 John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham was born to Henry Brooke (age 37) and Anne Sutton (age 39).

On 15 Aug 1608 Henry Howard 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk was born to Thomas Howard 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 23) and Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk (age 23).

On 15 Aug 1649 William Egerton was born to John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater (age 26) and Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater (age 22).

On 15 Aug 1679 Thomas Egerton was born to John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater (age 32) and Jane Paulet Countess Bridgewater (age 23).

On 15 Aug 1689 Sophie Charlotte Oldenburg was born to Frederick Louis Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 36) and Louise Charlotte Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 31). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.82%.

On 15 Aug 1714 Lucy Stanhope was born to James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope (age 41) and Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope (age 22).

On 15 Aug 1714 Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope was born to James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope (age 41) and Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope (age 22).

On 15 Aug 1718 Magdalena Sibylle Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 42) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha.

On 15 Aug 1732 Maria Gunning Countess Coventry was born to John Barnaby Gunning (age 29) and Bridget Bourke at Hemingford Grey.

On 15 Aug 1740 Booth Grey was born to Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford (age 25) and Mary Booth Countess Stamford (age 36).

On 15 Aug 1789 Rear-Admiral William Ramsden was born to John Ramsden 4th Baronet (age 33) and Louise Ingram Lady Ramsden (age 23).

On 15 Aug 1790 Mary Lennox was born to Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond (age 25) and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond (age 21). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 15 Aug 1798 Henry Labouchere 1st Baron Taunton was born to Peter Caesar Labouchere and Dorothy Elizabeth Baring (age 27) at Over Stowey, Somerset.

On 15 Aug 1807 Georgiana Sarah Ponsonby was born to John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 25) and Maria Fane (age 20).

On 15 Aug 1810 George Augustus Craven was born to William Craven 1st Earl Craven (age 39) and Louisa Brunton Countess Craven (age 25).

On 15 Aug 1824 Louis II Grand Duke of Baden was born to Leopold Grand Duke of Baden (age 33) and Princess Sophie of Sweden (age 23). He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 15 Aug 1825 Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield (age 29) and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield (age 25).

On 15 Aug 1825 William John Pepys 3rd Earl of Cottenham was born to Charles Christopher Pepys 1st Earl of Cottenham (age 44) and Charlotte Maria Wingfield.

On 15 Aug 1837 Edward Turnour 5th Earl Winterton was born.

On 15 Aug 1842 Edward George Littleton 3rd Baron Hatherton was born to Edward Richard Littleton 2nd Baron Hatherton (age 26) and Margaret Percy Baroness Hatherton (age 29).

On 15 Aug 1842 Francis Foljambe Anderson was born to Charles Henry John Anderson 9th Baronet (age 37) and Emma Foljambe Lady Anderson (age 38).

On 15 Aug 1845 Walter Crane was born to Thomas Crane (age 37) and Marie Kearsley m Crane in Liverpool, Lancashire [Map].

On 15 Aug 1862 Alice Maude Olivia Montagu Countess Derby was born to William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester (age 38) and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester (age 30).

On 15 Aug 1866 Henry Alexander Gordon Howard 4th Earl of Effingham was born to Henry Howard 3rd Earl of Effingham (age 29).

On 15 Aug 1882 Henry George Orlando Bridgeman was born to George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford (age 37) and Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford (age 33).

On 15 Aug 1895 Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox was born to Charles Gordon-Lennox 8th Duke Richmond (age 24) and Hilda Madeline Brassey Duchess Richmond (age 23).

On 15 Aug 1901 Evelyn Leonora Almina Herbert was born to George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert 5th Earl Carnarvon (age 35) and Almina Wombwell Countess Carnarvon (age 25).

On 15 Aug 1929 Henry Hardinge 5th Viscount Hardinge was born to Caryl Nicholas Hardinge 4th Viscount Hardinge (age 23).

On 15 Aug 1950 Princess Anne Windsor was born to Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 29) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 24).

Before 15 Aug 1171 Ferdinand II King Leon (age 34) and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon (age 23) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 62) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon. They were half second cousins.

On 15 Aug 1193 King Philip II of France (age 27) and Ingeborg Estridsen Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Valdemar "Great" I King Denmark. He the son of Louis VII King Franks and Adèle Blois. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 15 Aug 1209 Frederick I King Jerusalem II Holy Roman Emperor (age 14) and Constance Barcelona (age 30) were married at Messina, Sicily [Map]. She the daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of Henry Hohenstaufen VI Holy Roman Emperor. They were third cousin once removed.

Before 15 Aug 1385 Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford (age 47) and Alice Fitzwalter Countess of Oxford were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 15 Aug 1393 Leopold "The Fat" Habsburg IV Duke Austria (age 22) and Catherine Valois Duchess Austria (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 51) and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy (age 45). He the son of Leopold "The Just" Habsburg III Duke Austria and Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria (age 41). They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On or before 15 Aug 1467 William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier (age 37) and Anne Woodville Viscountess Bourchier (age 29) were married. An example of a Woodville marriage to a wealthy family which antagonised the nobilty - see Woodville Marriages. William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier was heir to his father Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex (age 63). She the daughter of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 62) and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 52). He the son of Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex and Isabel York Countess Eu and Essex (age 58). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 15 Aug 1626 Bishop John Cosins (age 31) and Frances Blakiston were married at St Margaret's Church.

On 15 Aug 1630 George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare (age 18) and Joan Boyle Countess Kildare (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork (age 63) and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.

On 15 Aug 1782 James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale (age 23) and Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale (age 20) were married. He the son of John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale (age 64) and Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale.

On 15 Aug 1802 Aubrey Beauclerk 6th Duke St Albans (age 36) and Louisa Grace Manners Duchess St Albans (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess St Albans. She the daughter of John Manners and Louisa Tollemache 7th Countess Dysart (age 57). He the son of Aubrey Beauclerk 5th Duke St Albans and Catherine Ponsonby Duchess St Albans. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 15 Aug 1889 Edward George Bootle Wibraham 2nd Earl Lathom (age 24) and Wilma Pleydell-Bouverie Countess Lathom (age 19) were married. She the daughter of William Pleydell-Bouverie 5th Earl Radnor (age 48) and Helen Matilda Chaplin Countess Radnor (age 43). He the son of Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 51) and Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 48). They were second cousins.

On 15 Aug 1942 Robert Charles Darling 2nd Baron Darling (age 23) and Bridget Rosemary Whishaw Dickson Baroness Darling (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Darling of Langham in Essex. His mother Eleanor Joan Martin Powell would, in 1945, marry her father Reverend Frances Cyprian Dickson of Emery Down in Hampshire.

On 15 Aug 1057 King Macbeth of Scotland (age 52) died. Lulach King Scotland succeeded King Scotland.

On 15 Aug 1345 Bartholomew de Lisle 3rd Baron Lisle (age 37) died. His son John de Lisle 4th Baron Lisle (age 9) succeeded 4th Baron Lisle.

Around 15 Aug 1349 Joan Capet Duchess Burgundy (age 41) died.

Between 15 Aug 1369 and 08 Sep 1369 William Vavasour (age 35) died. His son William Vavasour (age 11) de jure 8th Baron Vavasour.

On 15 Aug 1369 Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 55) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. Her husband King Edward III of England (age 56) and youngest son Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 14) were present. She was given a state funeral six months later on 09 Jan 1370 at which she was interred at on the northeast side of the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Her alabaster effigy was executed by sculptor Jean de Liège.

On 15 Aug 1371 Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche (age 51) died.

On 15 Aug 1496 Isabella Aviz Queen Consort Castile (age 68) died.

On 15 Aug 1560 Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 53) died at Hornby. His son William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baron Monteagle. Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Baroness Monteagle.

On 15 Aug 1621 Maria Margaret Habsburg Spain died.

On 15 Aug 1678 Frances Cavendish Countess Bolingbroke died.

On 15 Aug 1717 William Buck 2nd Baronet (age 62) died. His son Charles Buck 3rd Baronet (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baronet Buck of Hamby Grange in Lincolnshire.

On 15 Aug 1718 William Constable 4th Viscount Dunbar (age 64) died without legitimate issue. Viscount Dunbar extinct.

On 15 Aug 1730 James Ogilvy 1st Earl Seafield 4th Earl Findlater (age 67) died. His son James Ogilvy 5th Earl Findlater 2nd Earl Seafield (age 41) succeeded 5th Earl Findlater, 2nd Earl Seafield. Sophia Hope Countess Findlater (age 28) by marriage Countess Findlater.

On 15 Aug 1740 John Tynte 4th Baronet (age 33) died unmarried. His brother Charles Tynte 5th Baronet (age 30) succeeded 5th Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset. Anne Busby Lady Tynte by marriage Lady Tynte of Halswell in Somerset.

On 15 Aug 1782 Charlotte Dillon Countess Kenmare (age 26) died.

On 15 Aug 1816 Joshua Vanneck 1st Baron Huntingfield (age 70) died. His son Joshua Vanneck 2nd Baron Huntingfield (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baron Huntingfield of Heveningham Hall in Suffolk, 4th Baronet Vanneck of Putney.

On 15 Aug 1846 Benjamin Bloomfield 1st Baron Bloomfield (age 78) died. His son John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield 1st and 2nd Baron Bloomfield (age 43) succeeded 2nd Baron Bloomfield of Ciamhaltha in County Tipperary. Georgiana Liddell Baroness Bloomfield (age 24) by marriage Baroness Bloomfield of Ciamhaltha in County Tipperary.

On 15 Aug 1850 Edward Bowyer-Smijth 10th Baronet (age 65) died. His son William Bowyer-Smijth 11th Baronet (age 36) succeeded 11th Baronet Bowyer-Smijth of Hill Hall in Essex. Marianne Frances Meux Lady Bowyer-Smijth by marriage Lady Smith of Hill Hall in Essex.

On 15 Aug 1855 Edward Seymour 11th Duke of Somerset (age 80) died at Somerset House 40 Park Lane. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. His son Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 50) succeeded 12th Duke Somerset, 10th Baronet Seymour of Berry Pomeroy. Jane Georgiana Sheridan Duchess Somerset (age 45) by marriage Duchess Somerset.

On 15 Aug 1876 Henry Lowther 3rd Earl Lonsdale (age 58) died. His son George Henry Lowther 4th Earl Lonsdale (age 20) succeeded 4th Earl Lonsdale, 5th Viscount Lowther, 5th Baron Lowther.

On 15 Aug 1902 John Gage Prendergast 5th Viscount Gort (age 53) died. His son John Standish Surtees Prendergast 6th Viscount Gort (age 16) succeeded 6th Viscount Gort.

On 15 Aug 1909 Laura Theresa Epps (age 57) died.

On 15 Aug 1924 Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson 2nd Baron Nunburnholme (age 49) died. His son Charles John Wilson 3rd Baron Nunburnholme (age 20) succeeded 3rd Baron Nunburnholme.

On 15 Aug 1924 Francis Knollys 1st Viscount Knollys (age 87) died. His son Edward Knollys 2nd Viscount Knollys (age 29) succeeded 2nd Viscount Knollys of Caversham in Oxfordshire, 2nd Baron Knollys of Caversham in Oxfordshire.

On 15 Aug 1941 James Herbert Croft 11th Baronet (age 34) was killed in action. His uncle Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft 12th Baronet (age 67) succeeded 12th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire

On 15 Aug 1957 Elisabeth Knatchbull-Hugessen Lady Young (age 42) died.

On 15 Aug 1967 James Richard Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope 13th Earl Chesterfield (age 86) died without issue. Earl Stanhope, Earl Chesterfield, Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire, Baronet Stanhope of Stanwell extinct.

On 15 Aug 1987 Gerard Robert Henry Sigismund Newman 3rd Baronet (age 60) died. His son Francis Hugh Cecil Newman 4th Baronet (age 24) succeeded 4th Baronet Neumann of Cecil Lodge.