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Events on 15 August 82

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Year 636

Arab-Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins.

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Year 717

Arab-Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.

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Year 718

Arab-Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.

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Year 747

Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother Pepin the Short becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.

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Year 778

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.

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Year 805

Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising

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Year 927

The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.

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Year 982

Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria

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Year 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.

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Year 1038

King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 43

🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Islamic Emirate Victory Day

🇦🇩 Andorra · Assumption Day

🇦🇹 Austria · Assumption Day

🇧🇩 Bangladesh · National Mourning Day

🇧🇪 Belgium · Assumption Day

🇧🇯 Benin · Assumption Day

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Assumption Day

🇧🇮 Burundi · Assumption Day

🇨🇲 Cameroon · Assumption Day

🇨🇱 Chile · Assumption Day

🇨🇬 Congo · National Day

🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Mother's Day

🇭🇷 Croatia · Assumption Day

🇨🇾 Cyprus · Assumption Day

🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire · Assumption Day

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea · Constitution Day

🇫🇷 France · Assumption Day

🇬🇦 Gabon · Assumption Day

🇬🇷 Greece · Dormition of the Mother of God

🇬🇹 Guatemala · Assumption Day

🇬🇳 Guinea · Assumption Day

🇭🇹 Haiti · Assumption Day

🇮🇳 India · Independence Day

🇮🇹 Italy · Assunzione della Vergine

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · National Day

🇱🇹 Lithuania · Assumption Day

🇱🇺 Luxembourg · Assumption Day

🇲🇬 Madagascar · Assumption Day

🇲🇹 Malta · Feast of the Assumption

🇲🇨 Monaco · Assumption Day

🇵🇾 Paraguay · Asuncion Foundation's Day

🇵🇱 Poland · Assumption Day

🇵🇹 Portugal · Assumption Day

🇷🇴 Romania · Dormition of the Mother of God

🇸🇲 San Marino · Assumption Day

🇸🇳 Senegal · Assumption Day

🇸🇨 Seychelles · Assumption Day

🇸🇮 Slovenia · Assumption Day

🇰🇷 South Korea · Liberation Day

🇪🇸 Spain · Assumption Day

🇹🇬 Togo · Assumption Day

🇻🇺 Vanuatu · Assumption Day

🇻🇦 Vatican City · Assumption of Mary Day

Birthdays on 15 August 199

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Alfonso IX of León

b. 1171 – d. 1230

Alfonso IX of León (d. 1230)

Anthony of Padua

b. 1195 – d. 1231

Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231)

Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford

b. 1385 – d. 1417

Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (d. 1417)

Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

b. 1402 – d. 1460

Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d. 1460)

Luigi Pulci

b. 1432 – d. 1484

Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)

George, Duke of Bavaria

b. 1455 – d. 1503

George, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1503)

George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

b. 1507 – d. 1553

George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (d. 1553)

Bartol Kašić

b. 1575 – d. 1650

Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650)

Gabriel Báthory

b. 1589 – d. 1613

Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1613)

Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel

b. 1608 – d. 1652

Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1652)

Gilles Ménage

b. 1613 – d. 1692

Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)

Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise

b. 1615 – d. 1688

Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise (d. 1688)

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Deaths on 15 August 93

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Lan Han

d. 398

Lan Han, official of the Xianbei state Lan Yan

Honorius (emperor)

d. 423 (b. 384)

Honorius, Roman emperor (d. 423)

Libius Severus

d. 465 (b. 420)

Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420)

Roland

d. 778

Roland, Frankish military leader

Emperor Yizong of Tang

d. 873 (b. 833)

Yi Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 833)

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Altfrid

d. 874

Altfrid, bishop of Hildesheim

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Han Jian (Zhenguo warlord)

d. 912 (b. 855)

Han Jian, Chinese warlord (b. 855)

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Ma Xisheng

d. 932 (b. 899)

Ma Xisheng, Chinese governor and king (b. 899)

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Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos

d. 1022

Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel

Stephen I of Hungary

d. 1038 (b. 975)

Stephen I, Hungarian king (b. 975)

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Macbeth, King of Scotland

d. 1057

Macbeth, King of Scotland

Alexios I Komnenos

d. 1118 (b. 1048)

Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)

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