Tuesday, 15th July 2025

Welcome to Tuesday, 15th July! It's World Youth Skills Day. Explore 55 historical events, birthdays, deaths, and milestones that shaped this day. From remarkable moments in local and world history to the people who left their mark — find out what makes today special. Tonight's moon is in its waxing crescent phase, and the zodiac sign of the day is Cancer. If you're curious about the history of a day — this page brings together everything worth knowing about this Tuesday, 15th July.

Tuesday, 15th July 2025 marks another day in history when significant events have shaped the world. Two centuries ago, on this date in 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered aboard HMS Bellerophon to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, bringing the Napoleonic Wars to a decisive conclusion. More recently, on 15th July 2016, a faction of the Turkish Armed Forces known as the Peace at Home Council attempted a coup d’état against the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an event that would have profound consequences for the nation’s political landscape.

Napoleon’s surrender marked the end of one of history’s most significant military conflicts, whilst the 2016 Turkish coup attempt represented a critical moment in modern European political history. These events, separated by two centuries, demonstrate how this date has witnessed turning points that affected millions of people across the continent and beyond.

On 15th July 2025, the weather conditions and celestial details provide context for the day. The moon is in its waxing crescent phase, whilst those born on this date fall under the zodiac sign Cancer. DayAtlas provides comprehensive information about weather conditions on any given date and location, alongside detailed historical events, famous births and notable deaths, making it a valuable resource for understanding the significance of specific dates throughout history.

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15th July in the Stars – Star Sign Pisces

Today, the zodiac sign Pisces celebrates its birthday.

Personality Profile

Personality People born on 15 July embody a compelling blend of emotional depth and transformative power. Pluto's influence adds magnetic intensity beyond typical Cancer gentleness. They are beings with hidden strength and psychological acuity.

Strengths & Weaknesses These individuals are exceptionally intuitive, loyal, and emotionally intelligent. Their ability to navigate transformation is remarkable. Weaknesses include tendencies toward control and emotional overwhelm when deep feelings surface.

Love In relationships, those born on 15 July offer intense, transformative love. They seek emotional and spiritual depth rather than superficial connection. Partners are enriched by their loyalty and capacity for emotional honesty.

Caree & Finance These personalities thrive in careers with psychological or transformative dimensions. They excel as healers, therapists, or change management leaders. Financially astute, though they should observe emotional attachments to money.

Health Physical and psychological health are deeply intertwined for these people. Regular emotional release through journaling or therapy proves invaluable. Water activities and time near water provide stabilizing, grounding effects.

That night, the moon was in its waxing crescent phase.

Chinese year of the Snake (Wood).

Fun Facts About 15th July

Name Days in Your Language: Baldwin, Don, Donald, Donalda, Donna, Donnell, Donnie, Dunn, Dunne, Uriel

Someone born on this day would be just 274 days old today — roughly 6,580 hours, 394,812 minutes, or 23,688,732 seconds spent on Earth so far.

It's the 196. day of the year.

There are 169 days still to come.

We’re currently in Week 29 — the year marches on.

Famous Birthdays on 15th July

  • Iain Armitage, American actor (2008)
  • JuJu Watkins, American basketball player (2005)
  • Mohamed Sobhy, Egyptian footballer (1999)
  • Noah Gragson, American racing driver (1998)
  • Jil Teichmann, Swiss tennis player (1997)
  • Vivianne Miedema, Dutch football player (1996)
  • Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer (1993)
  • Harrison Rhodes, American racing driver (1993)
  • Masataka Yoshida, Japanese baseball player (1993)
  • Tobias Harris, American basketball player (1992)

Lives Remembered on 15th July

  • Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (born 1956) (2021)
  • Martin Landau, American film and television actor (born 1928) (2017)
  • Masahiko Aoki, Japanese-American economist and academic (born 1938) (2015)
  • Wan Li, Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1916) (2015)
  • Aubrey Morris, British actor (born 1926) (2015)
  • Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (born 1933) (2015)
  • Óscar Acosta, Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (born 1933) (2014)
  • James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (born 1918) (2014)
  • Edward Perl, American neuroscientist and academic (born 1926) (2014)
  • Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (born 1924) (2014)

Celebrations & Special Days Worldwide on 15th July

  • Christian feast day: Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  • Christian feast day: Anne-Marie Javouhey
  • Christian feast day: Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden
  • Christian feast day: Bonaventure
  • Christian feast day: Dispersion of the Apostles (formerly by the Catholic Church)
  • Christian feast day: Donald of Ogilvy
  • Christian feast day: Edith of Polesworth
  • Christian feast day: Edith of Wilton
  • Christian feast day: Plechelm
  • Christian feast day: Quriaqos and Julietta (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox)
  • Christian feast day: Swithun
  • Christian feast day: Vladimir the Great (Eastern Orthodox; Catholic Church)
  • Christian feast day: July 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis (European Union, worldwide)
  • Festival of Santa Rosalia (Palermo, Sicily)
  • Meänmaa Flag Day (Meänmaa)
  • Statehood Day (Ukraine)

What Happened on 15th July?

  • France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2. (2018)
  • Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup. (2016)
  • A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others. (2014)
  • South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style. (2012)
  • Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran, killing 168. (2009)
  • Space Shuttle program: Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's Kibō module. (2009)
  • Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched. (2006)
  • AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day. (2003)
  • "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony. (2002)
  • The Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan sentences British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death, and three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl to life. (2002)