On This Day: August 15th

King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.

Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.

Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria.

The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.

Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army.

Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother, Pepin the Short, becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.

Arab-Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.

Arab-Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.

Arab-Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.