Editing 1999 (section)

===August===
* [[August 7]] &ndash; Dagestan incursions: Hundreds of Chechen guerrillas invade the Russian republic of [[Dagestan]], triggering the [[War in Dagestan (1999)|short war]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lieven |first1=Anatol |title=Why Dagestan Needs the Russians |work=The New York Times |date=August 20, 1999 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/20/opinion/why-dagestan-needs-the-russians.html |access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 10]] &ndash; The [[1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown|Atlantique incident]] occurs as an intruding [[Pakistan Navy]] plane is shot down in India, sparking tensions between the two nations, a month after the end of the [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-10 |title=The Atlantique Incident – Part 1 of 2|url=http://fly.historicwings.com/2013/08/the-atlantique-incident/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=HistoricWings.com : A Magazine for Aviators, Pilots and Adventurers}}</ref>
* [[August 11]] &ndash; A [[Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999|total solar eclipse]] is seen in Europe and Asia.
* [[August 17]] &ndash; The 7.6 {{M|w}} [[1999 İzmit earthquake|İzmit earthquake]] shakes northwestern [[Turkey]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), leaving more than 17,000 dead and around 50,000 injured.
* [[August 19]] &ndash; In [[Belgrade]], tens of thousands of [[Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav]]s rally to demand the resignation of [[President of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav President]] [[Slobodan Milošević]].
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[East Timor]] votes for independence from [[Indonesia]] (which had invaded and occupied it since 1975) in [[1999 East Timorese independence referendum|a referendum]].