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Holidays and observances on July 15

18 holidays and special days are celebrated on July 15 around the world.

Holidays and observances

Frequently asked questions

What is celebrated on July 15?

18 observances are celebrated on July 15 around the world: Christian feast day: Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church), Christian feast day: Anne-Marie Javouhey, Christian feast day: Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Christian feast day: Bonaventure, Christian feast day: Ceslaus, Christian feast day: Dispersion of the Apostles (formerly by the Catholic Church). The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.

What happened on July 15?

55 documented historical events happened on July 15, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. On the same day, in another year: French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone, which was essential in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

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