📜 This Day in History
August 15
718Forces of the Umayyad Caliphate abandoned a year-long siege of Constantinople, ending their goal of conquering the Byzantine Empire.- 1261Michael VIII Palaiologos was crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
- 1941Decree for the mass expulsion of ethnic Germans from Crimea issued by the Soviet government.
- 1944World War II: Allied forces began Operation Dragoon, their invasion of southern France.
- 1963President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
- 2005The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending more than 28 years of fighting.
