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On This Day · The 349th day of the year

December 15

December 15 carries an unusually long memory — its events reach back as far as 687. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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Sagittarius is the sign for December 15 — read more on the Sagittarius page, or see December's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on December 15?

December 15 is the 349th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 687 and 2013. Famous people born on December 15 include L. L. Zamenhof, Gustave Eiffel and Henri Becquerel.

Released on December 15

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • Game Trinity Fusion

2022

  • Game Melatonin
  • Game The Crackpet Show
  • Game Blacktail
  • Game River City Girls 2

2021

  • Game Aeterna Noctis
  • Movie Spider-Man: No Way Home

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 687

    Pope Sergius I

  2. 1025

    Constantine VIII

  3. 1778

    American Revolutionary War

  4. 1862

    American Civil War

  5. 1893

    Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)

  6. 1914

    World War I

  7. 1939

    Gone with the Wind (film)

  8. 1942

    World War II

  9. 1970

    Venera 7

  10. 2013

    South Sudanese Civil War

Famous birthday twins

Born on December 15

L. L. Zamenhof

b. 1859

Gustave Eiffel

b. 1832

Henri Becquerel

b. 1852

Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria

b. 1447

Uziel Gal

b. 1923

Hans Carossa

b. 1878

Deaths

  • 1966Walt Disney
  • 1950Vallabhbhai Patel
  • 1890Sitting Bull
  • 1675Johannes Vermeer
  • 1161Wanyan Liang
  • 1025Basil II

Holidays & observances

  • —Bill of Rights Day (United States) 2nd Amendment Day (South Carolina)
  • —Christian feast day: Drina Martyrs
  • —Christian feast day: Drostan (Aberdeen Breviary)
  • —Christian feast day: John Horden and Robert McDonald (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • —Christian feast day: Maria Crocifissa di Rosa
  • —Christian feast day: Mesmin
  • —Christian feast day: Valerian of Abbenza
  • —Christian feast day: Virginia Centurione Bracelli

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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