Holidays

Holidays and observances

August 15

Holidays added through this app are in bold

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Poland)
Christian feast day:
- Altfrid^[1]
- Alypius of Thagaste^[1]
- 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, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, 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)
  - Māras (Latvia)
  - Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)
  - National Acadian Day (Acadians)
  - Navy Day (Romania)
  - Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
- Blessed Elvira Moragas Cantarero^[1]
- Blessed Giuliana Puricelli^[1]
- Blessed Isidore Bakanja^[1]
- San La Muerte (Paraguayan Folk Catholicism)
- Santa Muerte (Mexican Folk Catholicism)
- Tarcisius^[1]
- August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945:
- Gwangbokjeol, "Independence Day" (South Korea)
- Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
National Day (Liechtenstein)
National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)
The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)
The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances:
- Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima Prefecture)
Victory Day (Afghanistan), celebrating the 2021 Fall of Kabul^[2]
Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom), and its related observances:
- End-of-war Memorial Day, when the National Memorial Service for War Dead is held (Japan)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Martyrologium Romanum. Vatican: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2004. pp. 454–456. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
^ Gul, Ayaz (14 August 2022). "Taliban Announce Public Holiday in Afghanistan to Mark Retaking of Power". Voice of America. Islamabad, Pakistan. Retrieved 19 August 2025.