Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 15
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SS Kentuckian passing through the Panama Canal -
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Fort Dearborn -
Afonso de Albuquerque -
Fourteenth-century painting of Michael VIII -
The Wow! signal -
Jawaharlal Nehru -
Syngman Rhee -
Peter, King of Hungary
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| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Feast of the Assumption (Christianity); | refimprove section |
| Feast of the Dormition (Orthodox Christianity) | refimprove |
| Independence Day in the Congo (1960) and | refimprove section |
| Flooding of the Nile begins in Egypt | refimprove section |
| 778 – A Frankish army led by Roland was defeated by the Basques at Roncevaux Pass in the Pyrenees on the border between France and Spain. | lots of CN tags (3) in one section (Background) |
| 1281 – Mongol invasions of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan was destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan. | Invasions: lots of CN tags (11); Kamikaze: refimprove; Battle: needs more footnotes |
| 1511 – Afonso de Albuquerque captured the city of Malacca, giving Portugal control over the Strait of Malacca, through which all sea-going trade between China and India was concentrated. | lots of CN tags (14) |
| 1534 – In Montmartre, Ignatius of Loyola and six others took the vows that led to the establishment of the Society of Jesus. | multiple issues |
| 1695 – Nine Years' War: French forces ended their three-day bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins. | refimprove |
| 1806 – Serbian Revolution: Serbian insurgents were decisively victorious over the Ottomans in the Battle of Mišar. | multiple issues |
| 1843 – Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens, today the most popular amusement park in Scandinavia, opened. | refimprove section |
| 1907 – Raphael Morgan was ordained as what is believed to be the first Black Orthodox clergyman in America. | lots of unreferenced claims |
| 1914 – The Panama Canal opened to traffic, providing a shortcut from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the Isthmus of Panama. | unreferenced section |
| 1914 – On the day of his dismissal, an employee at Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's estate, killed seven people with a hatchet and set the house on fire. | death toll inconsistent between the hook, article, and other sources |
| 1945 – The Gyokuon-hōsō was broadcast in Japan, announcing the unconditional surrender of the Japanese army and naval forces. | Lots of citations needed, despite it being an FA |
| 1947 – The British Raj was partitioned into the Union of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. | duplication |
| 1952 – A flash flood in the Lynmouth area of south-west England destroyed over 100 homes and 28 bridges, and killed 34 people. | Referencing |
| 1969 – The Woodstock Music and Art Festival in Bethel, New York began. | refimprove section |
| 2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast of Peru devastated Ica and various nearby regions. | refimprove section |
| Abu Hanifa |d|767 | unreferenced section |
Eligible
- 718 – Forces of the Umayyad Caliphate abandoned a year-long siege of Constantinople, ending their goal of conquering the Byzantine Empire.
- 1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles captured and blinded Ibatzes of Bulgaria by means of a ruse, ending the last resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
- 1038 – Upon the death of his uncle Stephen I, Peter (depicted) became the second king of Hungary.
- 1261 – Michael VIII Palaiologos was crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
- 1461 – Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The Empire of Trebizond, the longest-surviving Byzantine successor state, was conquered by Ottoman forces following a month-long siege.
- 1772 - The College of William & Mary awards its first bachelor's degrees and gold Botetourt Medals to Nathaniel Burwell and James Madison.
- 1812 – War of 1812: Potawatomi warriors ambushed a United States Army convoy after it had evacuated Fort Dearborn, in present-day Chicago, and razed the fort.
- 1941 – Josef Jakobs, a German spy, became the last person executed at the Tower of London.
- 1942 – World War II: The tanker SS Ohio reached Malta as part of an operation to deliver much-needed supplies during the siege of Malta.
- 1947 – Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured) took office as the first prime minister of India, a post he held for 16 years.
- 1948 – The Republic of Korea was established with Syngman Rhee (pictured) as its first president.
- 1977 – Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that became known as the Wow! signal.
- 1998 – The Troubles: A car bomb attack carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army killed 29 people and injured approximately 220 others in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
- Born/died this day: | Conrad II, Duke of Swabia|d|1196| Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos|d|1022| Richard de Vere|b|1385| Eliza Lee Cabot Follen|b|1787| Johan Gadolin|d|1852| Charles Comiskey|b|1859| Gerty Cori|b|1896| Melinda Gates|b|1964| Bernard Fanning|b|1969| Ben Affleck|b|1972| Hanna Greally|d|1987| Viktor Tsoi|d|1990| Chief Keef|b|1995| Rick Rypien|d|2011|
Notes
- History of aspirin appears on Selected anniversaries/August 10, so Great Phenol Plot should not appear in the same year
- 1868 Arica earthquake appears on August 13, so 2007 earthquake should not appear in the same year
- Siege of Detroit appears on August 16, so Battle of Fort Dearborn should not appear in the same year
August 15: Independence Day in India (1947); National Liberation Day of Korea (1945)
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1909 – A military coup against the government of Dimitrios Rallis began in the neighbourhood of Goudi in Athens, Greece.
- 1944 – World War II: Allied forces began Operation Dragoon, their invasion of southern France.
- 1963 – President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
- 1975 – Mid-ranking army officers overthrew Bangladesh's founding leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (pictured), killing him and most of his family.
- 2005 – The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending more than 28 years of fighting.
- Stephen Breyer (b. 1938)
- Anne, Princess Royal (b. 1950)
- Rosalía Mera (d. 2013)
- Gerd Müller (d. 2021)