0 15 August 1961 Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1947 Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1944 Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
0 15 August 1943 Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
0 15 August 1942 Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defences. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
0 15 August 1941 Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad for espionage at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
0 15 August 1940 An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbour during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
0 15 August 1920 The Polish–Soviet War: At the Battle of Warsaw, the Miracle at the Vistula. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
1 15 August 1914 Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1914 The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
0 15 August 1914 The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1907 The Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1899 Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1863 The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1843 Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1824 The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1814 British forces launch a costly and unsuccessful night attack against American defenders during the siege of Fort Erie. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1645 A Royalist army under the Marquess of Montrose defeats a Covenanter army in the battle of Kilsyth. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1599 The Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1592 At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Ŏkki, and Wŏn Kyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1549 Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549). 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1483 Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 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 of Trebizond is exiled and later murdered. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1310 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. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1281 The Mongol invasions of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan. 0 comments · 16h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
