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The Kefermarkt altarpiece is a richly decorated wooden altarpiece in the Late Gothic style in the parish church of Kefermarkt in Upper Austria. Commissioned by the knight Christoph von Zelking, it was completed around 1497. Saints Peter, Wolfgang and Christopher are depicted in the central section. The wing panels depict scenes from the life of Mary, and the altarpiece also has an intricate superstructure and two side figures of Saints George and Florian. The identity of its maker, known by the notname Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece, is unknown, but at least two skilled sculptors appear to have created the main statuary. Throughout the centuries, it has been altered and lost its original paint and gilding; a major restoration was undertaken in the 19th century under the direction of Adalbert Stifter. The altarpiece has been described as "one of the greatest achievements in late-medieval sculpture in the German-speaking area". This image shows the lower-left wing panel of the Kefermarkt altarpiece, depicting the death of Mary. She is peacefully lying in her deathbed, while a diminutive angel holds the curtain apart so that the viewer can see Mary better. The twelve apostles are all present, each one depicted with individual traits. Above the head of Saint Peter, Christ appears in a cloud, receiving the soul of his mother in the form of a small figure.

Sculpture credit: Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece; photographed by Uoaei1

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Aug 15, also the day of Napoleons birth. Dont know the year though.

requst changing the link to India[edit]

Immediate attention if its not too late: plz chage India to India linked to its independence day page... --h y dka t 20:33, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for the suggestion. -- PFHLai 21:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tenth Anniversary of Omagh bombing[edit]

I added the link to the article today - hope it's not too late to do this as the anniversary is on Friday. Autarch (talk) 19:16, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Holidays[edit]

Only 3 holidays are allowed per day; could an admin take one off, please? Mouse is back 14:59, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Today is also The Feast of the Assumption. See Holidays in France especially for the significance of this holiday. This is an important holiday in the Roman Catholic tradition. Many shops, etc. are even closed in many European countries throughout the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nalco (talk • contribs) 11:23, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Should we maybe add that National Acadian Day happens on this day every year celebrating the Acadians? --Yvesnimmo (talk) 12:05, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, since 3 holidays are allowed per day, which ones should I add and which ones should I remove? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 14:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Assumption, the Independence Days and the Ghost Festival. The flooding of the Nile and the Victory over Japan are not nearly as important. The Assumption, particularly, is a national holiday in many European countries. —Nalco (talk) 15:27, 15 August 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Remember that the selected articles (bolded items) on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much their subjects are important or significant. I am willing to remove Flooding of the Nile because it is still marked as a stub. But don't tell me that Japan's surrender ending World War II "is less significant" than the Assumption of Mary.

Also, as I noted here, I do not count non-Gregorian calendar based holidays like Ghost Festival as part of the 3 holiday limit. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 20:29, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But the Allied Forces' victory over Japan is already in this day's template as an event. --Yvesnimmo (talk) 21:52, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1963 uprising in Congo-Brazzaville[edit]

I suggest replacing the Omagh bombing with "President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital." The Trois Glorieuses would mark Congolese politics until the early 1990s, and was a highly significant historical event. Events in Francophone Africa are generally given far less attention in Wikipedia than events in Western Europe. --Soman (talk) 13:20, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

New articles (unused): Operation Dragoon
Omitted: Fernão Pires de Andrade; Society of Jesus; Tivoli Gardens (ineligible—maintenance); Surrender of Japan; History of South Korea
Included: Siege of Constantinople (717–718) (first appearance); Capture of Malacca (1511) (first appearance); Battle of Fort Dearborn (first appearance); SS Ohio/Operation Pedestal (first appearance for each); Trois Glorieuses (1963) (first appearance)

All articles making their OTD debuts! —howcheng {chat} 06:11, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What about Bahrain Independence Day? Mohamed CJ (talk) 17:58, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That article needs more references and is a stub, both of which make it ineligible to appear. —howcheng {chat} 20:07, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

Deleted: Venus (mythology) (moved to August 19)
Moved to Ineligible: Panama Canal (maintenance); Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (maintenance)
Omitted: Capture of Malacca (1511); Battle of Fort Dearborn; SS Ohio;
Included:; Society of Jesus (7th appearance, last in 2011); Raphael Morgan (first appearance); Surrender of Japan (6th appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Siege of Constantinople (717–18) (2nd consecutive appearance; 2 total); Trois Glorieuses (1963) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:12, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 14 August 2013[edit]

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Re the queue for OTD, Aug. 15

As it stands, the wording of the item about the founding of the Jesuits, "Ignatius of Loyola and six others at Montmartre near Paris took the vows that led to the establishment of the Society of Jesus", is rather awkward because the phrase "at Montmartre" is misplaced.

I think it would read much better as: "In Montmartre, near Paris, Ignatius of Loyola and six others took the vows that led to the establishment of the Society of Jesus."

But at least "at Montmartre" (a gallicism stemming from à Montmartre) needs to be changed to "in Montmartre".

Awien (talk) 16:36, 14 August 2013 (UTC) Awien (talk) 16:36, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 16:59, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Awien (talk) 18:49, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

New articles (unused): Great Phenol Plot; Lynmouth Flood
Omitted: Siege of Constantinople (717–18); Society of Jesus (ineligible—maintenance); Raphael Morgan; Surrender of Japan; Trois Glorieuses (1963)
Included: Empire of Trebizond (first appearance); Battle of Fort Dearborn (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Panama Canal (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible; 100th anniversary); Operation Dragoon (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Omagh bombing (3rd appearance, last in 2009)

—howcheng {chat} 10:42, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

New articles (ineligible): Insurgency in Aceh (maintenance)
Omitted: Empire of Trebizond; Panama Canal; Operation Dragoon; Omagh bombing
Included: Siege of Constantinople (717–718) (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Capture of Malacca (1511) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Great Phenol Plot (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Surrender of Japan (7th appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary)
Repeats: Battle of Fort Dearborn (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:38, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: 2007 Peru earthquake (maintenance)
Omitted: National Liberation Day of Korea (ineligible—maintenance); Siege of Constantinople (717–718); Capture of Malacca (1511); Great Phenol Plot; Surrender of Japan
Included: Battle of Roncevaux Pass (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Michael VIII Palaiologos (first appearance); Josef Jakobs (first appearance; 75th anniversary); Insurgency in Aceh (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Battle of Fort Dearborn (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 00:57, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: Empire of Trebizond (maintenance); Capture of Malacca (1511) (maintenance); Panama Canal (maintenance); British Raj (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Battle of Mišar (maintenance; moved from August 12)
Omitted: Assumption of Mary (ineligible—maintenance); Republic of the Congo (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Roncevaux Pass (ineligible—maintenance); Michael VIII Palaiologos (ineligible—maintenance); Josef Jakobs; Insurgency in Aceh (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Peter, King of Hungary (first appearance); SS Ohio/Operation Pedestal (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2012; 75th anniversary); Trois Glorieuses (1963) (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Wow! signal (first appearance) 40th anniversary); Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (first appearance); Johan Gadolin (first appearance); Gerty Cori (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Fort Dearborn (4th consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:42, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: Abu Hanifa (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Empire of Trebizond/Siege of Trebizond (1461); Sheikh Mujibur Rahman/Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Omitted: Peter, King of Hungary; Battle of Fort Dearborn; SS Ohio; Trois Glorieuses (1963); Wow! signal; Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford; Johan Gadolin; Gerty Cori
Included: Siege of Constantinople (717–718) (4th appearance, last in 2015; 700th anniversary); Capture of Malacca (1511) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Raphael Morgan (2nd appearance, last in 2013); History of South Korea (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Omagh bombing (4th appearance, last in 2014; 20th anniversary); Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos (first appearance); Charles Comiskey (first appearance); Rosalía Mera (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:14, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Assumption of Mary[edit]

Can Assumption of Mary be added? - Wiki-uk (talk) 08:06, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-uk, it currently does not meet the article quality standards for this project. There is too much of the article that is unsourced. If you improve it, we can add it for next year. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 08:46, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

New articles (ineligible): Bernard Fanning (TFA for 2019)
New articles (unused): Ben Affleck; Chief Keef; Rick Rypien
Omitted: Capture of Malacca (1511) (ineligible—maintenance); Raphael Morgan; History of South Korea; Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos; Charles Comiskey; Rosalía Mera
Included: Michael VIII Palaiologos (2nd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Great Phenol Plot (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Operation Dragoon (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Gerty Cori (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Stephen Breyer (first appearance)
Repeats: Siege of Constantinople (717–718) (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Omagh bombing (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 23:32, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: Raphael Morgan (maintenance); Surrender of Japan (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Taliesin (studio) (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Bernard Fanning
Omitted: Siege of Constantinople (717–718); Michael VIII Palaiologos; Great Phenol Plot; Operation Dragoon; Omagh bombing; Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford; Gerty Cori; Stephen Breyer
Included: National Liberation Day of Korea (rescued from Ineligible); Peter, King of Hungary (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Empire of Trebizond/Siege of Trebizond (1461) (Empire: 2nd appearance, last in 2017; Siege: first appearance); Battle of Fort Dearborn (6th appearance, last in 2017); Sheikh Mujibur Rahman/15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état (Rahman: 2nd appearance, last in 2020; also appeared on January 8; Coup: first appearance); Insurgency in Aceh (2nd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Eliza Lee Cabot Follen (first appearance); Johan Gadolin (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Chief Keef (first appearance; 25th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 01:16, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

August 15 1080[edit]

Under the August 15 (2021) on this day section, under "1080", it says "Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles captured and blinded Ibatzes of Bulgaria by means of a ruse, ending the last resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.", why does it say "Ibatzes" and not "Ivats" "of Bulgaria", shouldn't it say that as the page links there, and there is no one mention of this nickname on the article about him. Omniscientmoose42 (talk) 23:48, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Omniscientmoose42: The blurbs in OTD defer to the article being highlighted. He is called "Ibatzes" there, so that's how he is listed here. Please change this in the article or bring this up on the article talk page, and once it's changed there we'll be happy to change it here as well. —howcheng {chat} 07:41, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: When I made that comment, the name "Ibatzes" was not in the article (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivats&oldid=1038846957), hence why I brought it up, now that the article has changed, I see no reason to change it. Also, is there any proof that this guy is named Ibatzes and that somebody didn't just change it because it was brought up? Omniscientmoose42 (talk) 14:07, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

Omitted: Peter, King of Hungary; Empire of Trebizond/Siege of Trebizond (1461); Battle of Fort Dearborn; 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état; Insurgency in Aceh; Eliza Lee Cabot Follen; Johan Gadolin; Chief Keef
Included: Siege of Constantinople (717–718) (6th appearance, last in 2019); Eustathios Daphnomeles (first appearance); Josef Jakobs (2nd appearance, last in 2016; 80th anniversary); Trois Glorieuses (1963) (4th appearance, last in 2017); Wow! signal (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (first appearance; 925th anniversary); Gerty Cori (3rd appearance, last in 2019; 125th birthday); Rick Rypien (first appearance; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:39, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: Lynmouth Flood (maintenance)
Omitted: Eustathios Daphnomeles; Josef Jakobs; Trois Glorieuses (1963); Wow! signal; Conrad II, Duke of Swabia; Rick Rypien
Included: Peter, King of Hungary (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Operation Pedestal (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 80th anniversary); Jawaharlal Nehru (first appearance; 75th anniversary); Omagh bombing (6th appearance, last in 2019); Bernard Fanning (first appearance); Ben Affleck (first appearance; 50th birthday)
Repeats: Siege of Constantinople (717–718) (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Gerty Cori (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:13, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]