15th August anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1769
  • France
  • Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte
  • 1771
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Sir Walter Scott, writer"
  • 1858
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Edith Nesbit, British children’s writer and poet ."
  • 1875
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Composer" more
  • 1879
  • United States
  • "Birth of Ethel Barrymore, actress" more
• event
  • 1309
  • Greece
  • "The Knights of St. John conquered the island of Rhodes, Greece, set up their headquarters there, and renamed themselves the Knights of Rhodes"
  • 1645
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of Kilsyth
  • 1914
  • Panama
  • "Panama Canal opened, the Canal cement boat Ancon making the first official transit (plans for a grand opening were cancelled due to the start of WW1)"
  • 1919
  • Official end to 1st World War
  • 1945
  • VJ Day
  • 1948
  • "Korea, Republic of"
  • The Republic of Korea (South Korea) was formally established .
  • 1969
  • United States
  • First day of the Woodstock Music Festival
  • 1969
  • United States
  • "Woodstock Music Festival in NY State attracts 300,000 fans "
  • 1992
  • Great Britain
  • Football Premier League kicks off in England
  • 1994
  • "Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of"
  • "Venezuelan-born terrorist Carlos the Jackal, responsible for bombings, kidnappings and hijackings across Europe, was captured in Sudan"
  • 1998
  • Ireland
  • "A car bomb in Omagh, N. Ireland, killed 29 people and injured 370. This was the deadliest act of violence in the 30-year history of the ‘troubles’."
• Death
  • 1040
  • Great Britain
  • Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findláich) murders Duncan (Donnchad mac Crínáin) and takes the throne of Scotland (d. 1057)
  • 1909
  • Brazil
  • "Death of Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist"
  • 1935
  • France
  • "Death of Paul Signac, painter"
  • 1959
  • United States
  • "Death of Blind Willie McTell, American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist whose songs influenced many later artists"
  • 1978
  • Germany
  • "Death of Willy Messerschmitt, plane designer" more
  • 1999
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Sir Hugh Casson, British architect, artist and interior designer, a lead designer of the 1951 Festival of Britain, designed the interior of the royal yacht Britannia, taught the Prince of Wales to paint in watercolours"