Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: 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 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 15
- 1018 –Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II’s conquest of Bulgaria.
- 1461 –The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
- 1483 –Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
- 1760 –Seven Years’ War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great’s victory over the Austrians under Ernst von Laudon.
- 1843 –Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1863 –The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
- 1948 –The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
- 1961 –Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
- 1975 –Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1984 –The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
Who were born on August 15?
- 1878 –Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1928)
- 1883 –Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor (d. 1962)
- 1885 –Edna Ferber, American novelist (d. 1968)
- 1919 –Dina Wadia, only child of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his wife Rattanbai Petit
- 1925 –Bill Pinkney, American baritone singer (d. 2007)
- 1934 –Reginald Scarlett, West Indian cricketer
- 1962 –Tom Colicchio, American chef
- 1970 –Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
- 1977 –Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- 1977 –Nicole Paggi, American actress
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