August 15 - Holidays and Observances

Holidays and Observances

• Armed Forces Day (Poland)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation. (Christianity, a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu), and its related observances:
    • Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
    • Ferragosto (Italy)
    • Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)
    • National Acadian Day (Acadians)
    • Navy Day (Romania)
    • Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
  • Stanislaus Kostka
  • Tarcisius
  • August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
• Earliest day on which Day of Hearts can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in August. (area around Haarlem and Amsterdam)
• Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
• Independence Day of India, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947.
• Liberation Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945:
  • Gwangbokjeol, "Liberation Day" (South Korea)
  • Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
• The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil.(Egypt and Coptic Church)
• The main day of Bon Festival (Japan)
• Victory over Japan Day (United States)