At a Glance
August 15
Observances & Celebrations
Commemorative holidays, national days, religious feasts, and international traditions observed on this date.
FeaturedNational observance
Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
National observance
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947
National observance
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: Gwangbokjeol, "Independence Day" (South Korea)
South Korea
National observance
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
Japan
Religious observance
Feast of Altfrid
Religious observance
Feast of Alypius of Thagaste
Religious observance
Feast of August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Religious observance
Feast of Blessed Elvira Moragas Cantarero
Religious observance
Feast of Blessed Giuliana Puricelli
Religious observance
Feast of Blessed Isidore Bakanja
Religious observance
Feast of Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France…
Religious observance
Feast of San La Muerte (Paraguayan Folk Catholicism)
Religious observance
Feast of Santa Muerte (Mexican Folk Catholicism)
Mexico
Religious observance
Feast of Tarcisius
Observance
Armed Forces Day (Poland)
Poland
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