On August 15, history records 82 notable events, 199 famous births and 93 deaths, spanning the years 636 to 1038.
Events on this day include: Arab-Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins. (636); Arab-Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. (717).
Notable people born on August 15 include Alfonso IX of Leรณn (1171), Anthony of Padua (1195), Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (1385).
Notable figures who died on this day include Lan Han (398), Honorius (emperor) (423), Libius Severus (465).
Events on 15 August 82
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Arab-Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.
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.
Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising
Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
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.
King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.
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Birthdays on 15 August 199
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Deaths on 15 August 93
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