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.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on July 15, including Clive Cussler, Ed Litzenberger, Julian Bream. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

113 people with a Wikipedia article died on July 15, including Yang Guifei, Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Vladimir the Great. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

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.