Editing August 15 (section)

==Holidays and observances==
* [[Armed Forces Day (Poland)]]
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Altfrid]]
** [[Alypius of Thagaste]]
** Feast day of the [[Assumption of Mary]], one of the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Holy day of obligation|holy days of obligation]] (a public holiday in [[List of holidays by country#Austria|Austria]], [[Public holidays in Belgium|Belgium]], [[Public holidays in Benin|Benin]], [[Public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], [[Public holidays in Burundi|Burundi]], [[Public holidays in Cameroon|Cameroon]], [[Public holidays in Chile|Chile]], [[Public holidays in Colombia|Colombia]], [[Public holidays in Croatia|Croatia]], [[Public holidays in Cyprus|Cyprus]], [[Public holidays in France|France]], some states in [[Public holidays in Germany|Germany]], [[Public holidays in Greece|Greece]], [[Guatemala]], [[Public holidays in Italy|Italy]], [[Public holidays in Ivory Coast|Ivory Coast]], [[Public holidays in Lebanon|Lebanon]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Public holidays in Lithuania|Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Public holidays in Madagascar|Madagascar]], [[Public holidays in Malta|Malta]], [[Culture of Mauritius#Public holidays and festivals|Mauritius]], [[Public holidays in Paraguay|Paraguay]], [[Public holidays in Poland|Poland]], [[Public holidays in Portugal|Portugal]], [[Public holidays in Romania|Romania]], [[Senegal]], [[Seychelles]], [[Public holidays in Slovenia|Slovenia]], [[Public holidays in Spain|Spain]], [[Public holidays in Switzerland|Switzerland]], [[Togo]], and [[Vanuatu]]); and its related observances:
*** Feast of the [[Dormition of the Theotokos]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]] and [[Eastern Catholic Churches]])
*** [[Ferragosto]] ([[Italy]])
*** [[Lady Day|Lady's Day]] ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]])
*** [[Māras]] ([[Latvia]])
*** [[Mother's Day]] ([[Antwerp]] and [[Costa Rica]])
*** [[National Acadian Day]] ([[Acadians]])
***[[Navy Day#Romania|Navy Day]] ([[Romania]])
*** [[Virgin of Candelaria]], patron of the [[Canary Islands]]. ([[Tenerife]], [[Spain]])
**[[San La Muerte]] ([[Paraguay]]an [[Folk Catholicism]])
**[[Santa Muerte]] (Mexican [[Folk Catholicism]])
** [[Tarcisius]]
** [[August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)]]
* [[Founding of Asunción]] ([[Paraguay]])
* [[Gwangbokjeol|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Korea]] from [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] in 1945:
** [[Gwangbokjeol]], "Independence Day" ([[South Korea]])
** [[Gwangbokjeol|Jogukhaebangui nal]], "Fatherland Liberation Day" ([[North Korea]])
* [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[India]] from the United Kingdom in 1947.
* [[Independence Day (Republic of the Congo)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of the [[Republic of the Congo]] from France in 1960.
* [[Public holidays in Liechtenstein|National Day]] ([[Liechtenstein]])
* [[National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)]]
* The first day of [[Flooding of the Nile]], or ''Wafaa El-Nil'' ([[Egypt]] and [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Church]])
* The main day of [[Bon Festival]] ([[Japan]]), and its related observances:
** [[Awa Dance Festival]] ([[Tokushima Prefecture]])
* [[Victory over Japan Day]] (United Kingdom), and its related observances:
** [[Shūsen-kinenbi|End-of-war Memorial Day]], when the [[National Memorial Service for War Dead]] is held ([[Japan]])