92298 | August 15 | Event | 1038 – King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him. |
92299 | August 15 | Event | 1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. |
92300 | August 15 | Event | 1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada. |
92301 | August 15 | Event | 1070 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England. |
92302 | August 15 | Event | 1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia. |
92303 | August 15 | Event | 1237 – The Battle of the Puig takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon. The battle resulted in an Aragonese victory. |
92304 | August 15 | Event | 1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.) |
92305 | August 15 | Event | 1261 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople. |
92306 | August 15 | Event | 1281 – Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan. |
92307 | August 15 | Event | 1309 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes. |
92308 | August 15 | Event | 1430 – Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca. |
92309 | August 15 | Event | 1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered. |
92310 | August 15 | Event | 1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel. |
92281 | August 14 | Death | 2015 – Lavanam, Indian activist (b. 1930) |
92282 | August 14 | Death | 2015 – Agustín Cejas, Argentinian footballer (b. 1945) |
92283 | August 14 | Death | 2015 – Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (b. 1927) |
92284 | August 14 | Death | 2015 – Bob Johnston, American songwriter and producer (b. 1932) |
92285 | August 14 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Domingo Ibáñez de ErquiciaJonathan Myrick Daniels (Episcopal Church)Kaj Munk (with Kolbe, Lutheran Church)Martyrs of OtrantoMaximilian KolbeAugust 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
92286 | August 14 | Holiday and observance | Commemoration of Wadi al-Dahab (Morocco) |
92287 | August 14 | Holiday and observance | Engineer's Day (Dominican Republic) |
92288 | August 14 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day, celebrates the day when Pakistan was declared a sovereign nation following the end of the British Raj in 1947. |
92289 | August 14 | Holiday and observance | Pramuka Day (Indonesia) |
92290 | August 15 | Event | 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins. |
92291 | August 15 | Event | 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. |
92292 | August 15 | Event | 718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. |
92293 | August 15 | Event | 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. |
92294 | August 15 | Event | 778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed. |
92295 | August 15 | Event | 927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto. |
92296 | August 15 | Event | 982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria |
92297 | August 15 | Event | 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. |