August 15 in history
Events on August 15
Notable events that happened on August 15 in past years.
- 2025
US president Donald Trump meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the first such summit since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Wikipedia article: Donald Trump - 2005
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
Wikipedia article: Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip - 1985
Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement.
Wikipedia article: Assam Accord - 1973
Vietnam War: The US Air Force bombing of Cambodia ends.
Wikipedia article: Vietnam War - 1963
President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
Wikipedia article: Fulbert Youlou - 1950
Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.
Wikipedia article: Seismic magnitude scales - 1941
Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad for espionage at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower.
Wikipedia article: Josef Jakobs - 1914
A servant of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, and murders seven people there.
Wikipedia article: Architect - 1882
Start of the second part of the Montceau-les-Mines troubles by the Black Band, groups of anarchist miners.
Wikipedia article: Montceau-les-Mines troubles - 1684
Emperor Leopold I and French king Louis XIV agree to an armistice in the truce of Ratisbon.
Wikipedia article: Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor - 1534
Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
Wikipedia article: Ignatius of Loyola - 1310
The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
Wikipedia article: Rhodes (city) - 1185
The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
Wikipedia article: Vardzia - 927
The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
- 636
Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.
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