Aug 6 Karl Frieberth, Austrian composer, dies at 80 Aug 7 Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel, Dutch jurist (Theses Selectae, Select Theses on the Laws of Holland and Zeeland), dies at 77 Aug 8 Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65 Aug 9 Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer, dies at 44 1815 Famous Deaths by Year 1817