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July 15

July 15's recorded history is unusually compressed, gathered within recent centuries rather than reaching into antiquity. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and politics and nation-building recur.

♋ZodiacCancer ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

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

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on July 15?

July 15 is the 196th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1789 and 2012. Famous people born on July 15 include Alou Diarra, Rembrandt and Vilfredo Pareto.

Released on July 15

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Movie The Odyssey

2025

  • Game Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream
  • Game Edens Zero

2021

  • Game Ragnarock

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1789

    French Revolution

  2. 1916

    Seattle

  3. 1918

    World War I

  4. 1942

    The Holocaust

  5. 1955

    Nobel Prize

  6. 1974

    Nicosia

  7. 1975

    Space Race

  8. 2006

    X (social network)

  9. 2009

    Caspian Airlines Flight 7908

  10. 2012

    Psy

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 15

Alou Diarra

b. 1981

Rembrandt

b. 1606

Vilfredo Pareto

b. 1848

Carl Bildt

b. 1949

Diane Kruger

b. 1976

Hassanal Bolkiah

b. 1946

Aníbal Cavaco Silva

b. 1939

Walter Benjamin

b. 1892

Deaths

  • 1961Nina Bari
  • 1929Hugo von Hofmannsthal
  • 1904Anton Chekhov
  • 1609Annibale Carracci
  • 1274Bonaventure
  • 1015Vladimir the Great

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Anne-Marie Javouhey
  • —Christian feast day: Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden
  • —Christian feast day: Bonaventure
  • —Christian feast day: Dispersion of the Apostles (formerly by the Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Donald of Ogilvy
  • —Christian feast day: Edith of Polesworth
  • —Christian feast day: Edith of Wilton

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