August 15 in History

Duncan led an army into Moray, where he was killed by Macbeth on 15 August 1040 at Pitgaveny (then called Bothnagowan) near Elgin

Duncan led an army into Moray, where he was killed by Macbeth on 15 August 1040 at Pitgaveny (then called Bothnagowan) near Elgin

Kills Macbeth for the throne

William appoints Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury, giving a trusted reformer a central role in church and government.

Arrested by Henry I for extortion, the Towers 1st recorded prisoner

Appointed Regent, rules by edict while Richard fights the Crusades

Appoints Eleanor as Regent & rules by general edict while fighting in the crusades

An alliance is made between Henry V & Emperor Sigismund who promises military support

Henry Tudor reaches Shrewsbury as his invasion force advances toward Richard III's army.

Founds Asuncion as a Spanish settlement on the Paraguay River.

Mary remains in France after marrying the future Francis II

Captures Glasgow on behalf of the Royalist forces of Charles I

Captures Glasgow on behalf of the Royalist forces of Charles I

Helps the Royalists under Montrose defeat the Covenanters under Baille

Helps the Royalists defeat the Covenanters

Helps the Royalists under Montrose defeat the Covenanters under Baille

Helps the Royalists under Montrose defeat the Covenanters under Baille

Commands a Royalist defeat of the Covenanters & wrecks the army of Baille & Argyll

Helps the Royalists defeat the Covenanters

Helps the Royalists under Montrose defeat the Covenanters under Baille

Stanley lands from the Isle of Man with a small Royalist force and begins raising support for Charles II in Lancashire.

Danish troops storm Kristianstad and hold the fortress for nearly two years.

Danish troops storm Kristianstad and hold the fortress for nearly two years.

Villeroi continues the bombardment of Brussels, but the destruction fails to draw the Allies away from Namur.

Philip accompanies the Bourbon army during the battle of Luzzara.

Is executed by Ottoman authorities in Istanbul.

Louis XVI ordered the Parlement of Paris into exile at Troyes during the conflict over registering new fiscal measures.

Directs British warships engaged in the heavy bombardment preceding Bomarsund's surrender.

Cordova succeeds Belzu and begins a constitutional presidential term.

Bazaine hopes to join up with MacMahon but the German Second Army cuts him off

Agricultural strike in eastern England

Arce begins his presidency and promotes railway development.

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 4th term

Flees Beijing after allied troops enter the city.

Leaves Beijing with the imperial court.

The Military League launches a movement demanding administrative and military reform.

Terra Nova calls at Cape Town during the voyage south.

Evans supervises shipboard duties while Terra Nova calls at Cape Town on the outward voyage.

Takes office as a Liberal president after years of instability.

Creates administrative arrangements for institutional supervision and care.

Oversees enactment of the Mental Deficiency Act.

Japanese Government send ultimatum to Germany demanding evacuation of Tsingtau

Japanese Government send ultimatum to Germany demanding evacuation of Tsingtau

The steamship Ancon makes the canal's official inaugural transit.

Japanese Government send ultimatum to Germany demanding evacuation of Tsingtau

Japanese Government send ultimatum to Germany demanding evacuation of Tsingtau

The 162nd Brigade attacks toward Kidney Hill but heavy fire, heat and difficult ground break up the advance.

Mahon's 10th Irish Division renews the attack along Kiretch Tepe as the Allies try to improve the northern Suvla position.

Hamilton removes Stopford after the Suvla force fails to exploit the surprise achieved by the landing.

De Lisle assumes command at Suvla and attempts to restore momentum to the stalled British force.

Irish troops gain the Ottoman position known as the Pimple during the renewed fighting on Kiretch Tepe.

Presents the Munitions of War Bill to Parliament to reform munitions production

Socialists fear his programme could threaten revolutionary gains.

Gutierrez Guerra begins the final presidency of the Liberal Party era.

Attends the Allied Munitions Council

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Takes office and works to restore finances and state authority.

Takes office before the Chaco War crisis.

Britain announces an embargo on arms exports to Spain

Becomes president after his Chaco War reputation transforms national politics.

Churchill sends reinforcements to Wavell in Egypt to be used against the Italians

Panzer Group Africa is activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps SS turned over to Ludwig Cruwell

Panzer Group Africa is activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps SS turned over to Ludwig Cruwell

Panzer Group Africa is activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps SS turned over to Ludwig Cruwell

Panzer Group Africa is activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps SS turned over to Ludwig Cruwell

Panzer Group Africa is activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps SS turned over to Ludwig Cruwell

Panzer Group Africa is activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps SS turned over to Ludwig Cruwell

Panzer Group Africa is activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps SS turned over to Ludwig Cruwell

Panzer Group Africa is activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps SS turned over to Ludwig Cruwell

Takes over active command of the Eighth Army

Takes over active command of the Eighth Army

Churchill visits Moscow to discuss second front issues with Stalin, Soviets suspicious over Allied strategy in Mediterranean, demand action in NW Europe

Churchill visits Moscow to discuss second front issues with Stalin, Soviets suspicious over Allied strategy in Mediterranean, demand action in NW Europe

Mobilizes Army Group B which then control the north of Italy

Appointed Commander of the 7th Army

Appointed Commander of the 7th Army

Commands an invasion of Southern France reaching the Vosges within 4 weeks

Watches the D-Day landings & wires Eisenhower saying how succesful they are

Although the first days progress was slower than expected, Operation Tractable resumed on August 15; both armoured divisions pushed southeast towards Falaise

Hirohito broadcasts a radio message telling the people that Japan will surrender

Ugaki flies on a final special-attack mission after the imperial surrender broadcast and is killed.

Suzuki resigns as prime minister after the imperial broadcast announces Japan's acceptance of surrender.

Japan's surrender creates a political vacuum in Vietnam that the Viet Minh moves rapidly to fill.

VJ Day celebrations mark the practical end of the war against Japan.

The imperial broadcast informs the Japanese population that the war will end through surrender.

MacArthur begins implementing procedures for Japan's cessation of hostilities and formal surrender.

The United States announces Japan's unconditional surrender and the end of major Pacific hostilities.

Appointed Supreme Commander for Allied Powers

Japan surrenders to the Allies, creates a power vacuum filled by the Viet Minh

The Allies celebrate 15th August as VJ Day

Hirohito broadcasts a radio message telling the people that Japan will surrender

Inititiates action with Japan for the cessation of hostilities

Announces the unconditional surrender of Japan

Broadcasts news of Japan’s surrender and calls for restraint, humane treatment of Japanese civilians and prisoners, and a durable peace.

Celebrates the end of war with Japan at a dinner party in Buckingham Palace

Vallabhbhai Patel becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in independent India's first government.

Ghulam Muhammad assumes responsibility for the new state's federal finances.

Liaquat Ali Khan forms Pakistan's first federal cabinet.

Zafarullah Khan becomes Pakistan's first Foreign Minister.

The King is no longer King-Emperor

Plans for the independence & partition of India are declared. Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India. 1st day of the existence of the Dominion of India

Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India

The King is no longer King-Emperor

Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Prime Minister of independent India as the Dominion of India comes into existence.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad becomes independent India's first Education Minister.

Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India

Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India

Liaquat Ali Khan begins service as Pakistan's first Prime Minister.

Takes office during a turbulent Colorado Party period.

Takes office and begins a long authoritarian presidency.

Proclaims the Republic of the Congo independent from France and becomes head of the new state.

Resigns after three days of demonstrations and strikes bring down his government.

The Beatles play in front of almost 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City

The Beatles play in front of almost 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City

Calls for a campaign of civil disobedience to meet black demands

ISRO is formed under the Department of Atomic Energy with Vikram Sarabhai leading India's expanding space programme.

Nixon suspends official conversion of foreign-held dollars into gold.

Announces a 90 day freeze on prices, wages & rents

Releases Full Circle without Morrison.

The final air strike against a target in Kampuchea during the War

United States bombing operations in Cambodia end

Addresses the nation after months of hearings, again denying personal involvement in illegal Watergate activities and criticizing efforts to implicate him.

Constitutional revisions formally identify the ruling movement with the state.

Shaw was engaged in a $5 million suit against Garrison and members of an organization, Truth and Consequences Inc., that financed Garrisons investigation. With no surviving relatives, the United States Supreme Court dismissed the suit in 1978

General Ziaur Rahman, father of Khaleda Zia, becomes the military ruler. Bangladesh army officers kill Sheik Mujibar Rahman, the countrys founding leader and father of Hasina Wajed

General Ziaur Rahman, father of Khaleda Zia, becomes the military ruler

Releases Atlantic Crossing after relocating his recording focus toward the United States.

Introduces a one-party socialist system and assumes almost dictatorial powers. General Ziaur Rahman, father of Khaleda Zia, becomes the military ruler

General Ziaur Rahman, father of Khaleda Zia, becomes the military ruler

Analyzes black hole evaporation and shows the close relation between particle detection by accelerated observers and quantum effects near event horizons.

Shapes In Through the Out Door with prominent keyboards and arrangements.

Releases In Through the Out Door with Led Zeppelin.

The Kinks release Give the People What They Want.

Pen Sovan combines senior party status with the prime ministership

Rajiv Gandhi's government signs the Assam Accord with leaders of the Assam agitation.

Failure to pledge reforms to the apartheid system leads to disvetment from South Africa

Iraq makes peace with Iran & accepts all of Irans terms

Iraq makes peace with Iran & accepts all of Irans terms

Becomes president after adoption of the constitution

Becomes prime minister after Kaysone moves to the presidency

Delegates elect Tshisekedi as prime minister of the transitional government.

Represents a civilian transfer of power after the authoritarian period.

Takes office as Paraguay's first civilian president after the Stroessner era.

The "Real IRA" kill 29, including Protestants & Catholics

Government record concerning the IRA: The "Real IRA" kill 29, including Protestants & Catholics

Historical IRA record under Labour Party Government: The "Real IRA" kill 29, including Protestants & Catholics

IRA context for Anthony Charles Lynton Blair: The "Real IRA" kill 29, including Protestants & Catholics

Takes office as president after winning the 1998 election.

Winner of the US PGA Championship

Libya accepts responsibility for officials' actions in the Lockerbie bombing and agrees compensation.

Takes office as president and continues Colorado Party control of the presidency.

Begins his Premier League career with a 1-0 Chelsea victory over Manchester United.

Begins implementing Israeli withdrawal from Gaza settlements.

Takes office after ending more than six decades of Colorado Party presidential rule.

The Sports Minister Andy Burnham addresses the Anfield crowd but is heckled by supporters chanting "Justice for the 96"

Takes office as president after returning the Colorado Party to power.

Takes office as president after winning the 2018 election.

Starmer proposes freezing household energy prices during the cost-of-living crisis.

Takes office as president of Paraguay.

Birth of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, great grandson of King Edward III on his mothers side

Birth of Frederick William I, son of Frederick I of Prussia

Birth of Napoleon I, father of Napoleon I, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, 4th child

Birth of Napoleon I, mother of Napoleon I, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, 4th child

Birth of Napoleon I, Corsica, 4th child of a poor Corsican lawyer

Birth of Anne, Elizabeth IIs 2nd child

Birth of Anne, gives birth to Princess Anne

Macbeth is defeated and killed by Malcolm III in battle at Lumphanan, on the north side of the Mounth

Yesun Temur dies and the Yuan succession becomes unstable

Death of Philippa of Hainault, followed by Edward's decline into premature senility. Had bourne Edward III 12 children, 5 of the 7 sons survived to manhood

Death of Will Rogers

Anami commits suicide before Hirohito's surrender broadcast is transmitted to the Japanese public.

Death of Clay Shaw

Duncan is killed & his army defeated by Macbeth

Encounters Duncan whi is then killed in battle

Supports Malcolm Canmore who defeats & kills Macbeth

Macbets stepson Lulach is installed as King soon after the Battle of Lumphanan

Macbeth made his final stand on the north side of the Mounth after retreating over the Cairnamounth Pass with his men.

Macbeth was defeated and killed by the future Malcolm III at the Battle of Lumphanan in 1057.

Macbeth's stepson Lulach is installed as King soon after the Battle of Lumphanan.

Scotland loses its purely Celtic nature and becomes more Anglo-Norman.

Macbeth is defeated and killed by Malcolm III in battle at Lumphanan, on the north side of the Mounth

Commands the Covenanter Army which is defeated by the Royalists under Montrose who becomes master of Scotland. Baillie and his army were at Perth attending the meeting of the Scottish Estates, he given command of 6,000 foot and 800 horse

Commands a Royalist defeat of the Covenanters & wrecks the army of Baille & Argyll

Eugene attacks the Franco-Spanish position at Luzzara.

Vendome commands the Franco-Spanish army in the indecisive battle at Luzzara.

Vendome fights Eugene of Savoy at Luzzara in a hard-contested battle in northern Italy.

Surprised & defeated by Fredrick II the Great

Frederick prevents the Russians & Austrians linking up by defeating the Austrians

Leads a joint Austron force defeated by the Prussians under Frederick the Great

The Austrian army, led by Suvarov, attacks French positions, in the early moments of the battle, Joubert dies, but the French resist the Austrian attack and counter-attack. Results in a victory for the Austrians and Russians under Fieldmarshal Alexander Suvorov over the French under General Barthelemy Catherine Joubert

Results in a victory for the Austrians and Russians under Fieldmarshal Alexander Suvorov over the French under General Barthelemy Catherine Joubert. Fights at the Battle of Novi

The Austron army, led by Suvarov, attacks French positions, in the early moments of the battle, Joubert dies, but the French resist the Austrian attack and counter-attack. Results in a victory for the Austrians and Russians under Fieldmarshal Alexander Suvorov over the French under General Barthelemy Catherine Joubert

The Prussian 1st army forces Bazaine to retreat across the Moselle. Bazaine hopes to join up with MacMahon but the German Second Army cuts him off

Directs No. 10 Group fighters defending south-west England.

His group helps counter major Luftwaffe attacks during the day's fighting.

Coordinates Fighter Command during one of the battle's largest air actions.

Moves limited squadrons carefully between threatened sectors.

The largest air Battle of this period. 5 major actions are fought but the Germans lose 76 to Britains 34 aircraft

The largest air Battle of this period. Adlertag, eagle day, opening of the decisive phase of the battle. 5 major actions are fought but the Germans lose 76 to Britains 34 aircraft. 1st large air Battle takes place in north England. 1,786 sorties are flown

About 100 bombers escorted by 40 Me 110s are launched against Tyneside

German air fleets attack widely separated targets across the country.

Launches one of the Luftwaffe's largest daylight efforts against Britain.

Adlertag, eagle day, opening of the decisive phase of the battle. 1,786 sorties are flown

Directs repeated fighter responses during intense Luftwaffe attacks.

No. 11 Group bears heavy responsibility for defending south-east England.

A usurper who seizes the throne, probably after killing Duncan

Crowned King of Scotland