Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 15
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July 15: Festino of Saint Rosalia in Palermo, Italy
- 1240 – Swedish-Novgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeated the Swedes on the Neva River near Ust-Izhora, present-day Russia.
- 1685 – James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (pictured), was executed for his role in the Monmouth Rebellion, an attempt to overthrow King James II of England.
- 1823 – A fire, accidentally started by a workman who was repairing the lead of the roof, destroyed the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. The church was restored by 1840.
- 1888 – The volcano Mount Bandai erupted, killing at least 470 people in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan.
- 1974 – Greek-sponsored nationalists overthrew Makarios III, President of Cyprus, in a coup d'état and replaced him with Nikos Sampson.
- 1997 – Serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan gunned down fashion designer Gianni Versace outside his home in Miami, Florida.