Almanac August 15: Ferragosto is celebrated, here’s why

August 15 it is the 227th day of the Gregorian calendar, with 138 days left until the end of the year, and throughout Italy, in San Marino and in the canton of Ticino, Ferragosto is celebrated.

Herealmanac of the day with saints, curiosities and anniversaries.

Ferragosto, which is celebrated on August 15

mid August – what corresponds to a religious holiday for the Catholic ChurchAssumption of Mary – originated in ancient Rome and has reached, with all the changes in the case, to the present day. This is one of the most anticipated moments of the summer, which corresponds to the period of holidays, evenings on the beach and holidays.

The name “Ferragosto” comes from “Feriae Augusti“, which refers to the holiday that marked the end of agricultural work in ancient Rome.

August 15, however, is a holiday not only in Italy. In the calendar, it is marked in red in: Austria, Belgium, Cameroon, Cyprus, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland. In addition, the Republic of the Congo and India celebrate Independence Day.

Birthdays, anniversaries and anniversaries

they are different i born August 15, who celebrate their birthday on August 15. Among them: Ben Affleck, Barbara Boucher (real name: Barbel Gutcher), Fabio Canino, Raul Casadei, Igor Cassina, Louis de Broglie, Roberta Lombardo (M5S), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Georgia Venturini, Jennifer Schrader Lawrence.

Anniversaries of birth

• Ethel Barrymore, American actress;
• Napoleon Bonaparte, famous French statesman and emperor;
• Gianfranco Ferre, Italian stylist;
• Sir Walter Scott, English writer;
• Antonio Stoppani, geologist, paleontologist and Italian patriot;
• Cesare Terranova, judge and mafia victim, born August 15, 1921 and murdered in September 1979.

death anniversaries

• Gianfranco D’Angelo, actor;
• Louis de Broglie, French physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize winner;
• Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel laureate;
• Rene Magritte, Belgian artist;
• Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet;
• Tina (real name: Concetta) Pika, actress.

It happened today, August 15th.

423- Flavius ​​Honorius, the first Western Roman emperor, dies in Ravenna without leaving an heir to the throne.

1067- At the Battle of Lumphanan, Macbeth, king of Scotland, was defeated and killed.

1248- The first stone of the Cologne Cathedral was laid.

1483 – Rome, Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel and dedicates it to the Assumption.

1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15 in Ajaccio, Corsica.

1806 – Thanks to Napoleon, Liechtenstein gets its own sovereignty.

1812 – Proclamation of the Spanish Constitution, promulgated in Cadiz on March 19.

1863 – Promulgated in Italy the Pike law against robbery.

(1945–Independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands.

1947 – At midnight on August 15, India and Pakistan gain independence from the United Kingdom.

1960- The Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) declares independence from France.

1961- Start of construction of the Berlin Wall.

1971- Bahrain gains independence from British rule.

1975- Military coup in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman killed

1993- CERGA detects asteroid 100122 Alpes-Maritimes.

1998- A real IRA bomb in Omagh (Northern Ireland) claimed the lives of 29 people.

2007- Devastating earthquake in Peru, dozens dead and thousands displaced.

2011- August 15 Google buys Motorola for $12.5 billion.

2021- The Taliban capture Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

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