About August 15

August 15, 2025 is the 227th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 186 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On August 15

  • 778 –
    The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
  • 1185 –
    The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
  • 1430 –
    Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
  • 1483 –
    Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
  • 1517 –
    Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
  • 1599 –
    Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
  • 1843 –
    The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
  • 1863 –
    The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
  • 1941 –
    Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 7:12 am, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason.
  • 1944 –
    World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France.
  • 1947 –
    India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • 1948 –
    The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
  • 1952 –
    A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
  • 1961 –
    Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
  • 1963 –
    President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
  • 1965 –
    The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock.
  • 1971 –
    Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1977 –
    The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the “Wow! signal” from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
  • 1984 –
    The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
  • 1999 –
    Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.

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