August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.
August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).
Year 1238 August Holidays in History
1st » Armed Forces Day Lebanon known as Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)
1st » Public holidays in Azerbaijan or Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)
1st » Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
1st » Abgar V of Edessa (Syriac Orthodox Church known as Syrian Church)
1st » Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
1st » Æthelwold of Winchester
1st » Eusebius of Vercelli
1st » Exuperius of Bayeux
1st » Faith, Hope, and Charity
1st » Felix of Girona
1st » Liberation of Saint Peter or Peter Apostle in Chains
1st » Woman with seven sons called The Holy Maccabees
1st » August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
1st » Celebration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended the slavery in the British Empire, generally celebrated as a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time (British West Indies):
1st » Earliest day on which Caribana celebration can fall, celebrated on the first Weekend of August. (Toronto)
1st » Earliest day on which Emancipation Day can fall, celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Anguilla, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands)
1st » Emancipation Day (Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago)
1st » Earliest day on which Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland or August Bank Holiday can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Ireland)
1st » Earliest day on which Civic Holiday can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Canada)
1st » Earliest day on which Public holidays in Iceland or Commerce Day, or 'Frídagur verslunarmanna', can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Iceland)
1st » Earliest day on which International Beer Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday of August.
1st » Earliest day on which Forgiveness known as International Forgiveness Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of August.
1st » Earliest day on which International Friendship Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of August.
1st » Earliest day on which Public holidays in Barbados or Kadooment Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August (Barbados)
1st » Earliest day on which Public holidays in Samoa named Labor Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August (Samoa)
1st » Emancipation of the slaves by Haile Selassie I. (Rastafari movement)
1st » National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960.
1st » Swiss National Day e.g National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.
1st » Culture of Tonga Public Holidays or Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (Tonga)
1st » Feast of the Cross August 1 Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition of the Theotokos Dormition fast Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodoxy)
1st » List of U.S. states by date of statehood called Statehood Day (Colorado)
1st » The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and Spring (season) or spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Wheel of the Year or Neopagan Wheel of the Year):
1st » Lughnasadh in the Northern hemisphere, Imbolc in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally begins on the eve of August 1. (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopagans)
1st » Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopagans)
1st » Pachamama Raymi (Pachamama Day or Mother Eearth Day).
1st » The first day of Carnaval del Pueblo (Burgess Park, London, England)
2nd » Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
2nd » Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1839-1969, now generally August 1)
2nd » Basil Fool for Christ (Russian Orthodox Church)
2nd » Eusebius of Vercelli
2nd » Peter Julian Eymard
2nd » Pope Stephen I
2nd » Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula (Franciscan Order)
2nd » Samuel David Ferguson (Episcopal Church (USA))
2nd » August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
2nd » Day of Russian Airborne Troops or Airborne Forces (Russia and Ukraine)
2nd » Day of Cinema of Azerbaijan called Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan)
2nd » Virgen de los Angeles called Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica)
3rd » Pidjiguiti Massacre e.g Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau)
3rd » Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea)
3rd » Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
3rd » Gamaliel
3rd » Lydia of Thyatira
3rd » Nicodemus
3rd » Olaf II of Norway (Translation of the relic)
3rd » Saint Stephen or Stephen (Discovery of the relic)
3rd » Waltheof of Melrose
3rd » Saint Joanna Joanna, Mary Mother of James Mary, and Salome (disciple) Salome, myrrh-bearing women (Lutheran Church)
3rd » George Freeman Bragg, W.E.B. DuBois (Episcopal Church (USA))
3rd » August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
3rd » Emancipation Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
3rd » Public holidays in Venezuela e.g Flag Day (Venezuela)
4th » Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
4th » John Vianney
4th » Saint Sithney named Sithney, patron saint of mad dogs
4th » August 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
4th » Coast Guard Day (United States or U.S.)
4th » Cook Islands Public holidays called Constitution Day (Cook Islands)
4th » Remembrance days in Slovakia e.g Matica Slovenská Day (Slovakia)
4th » Public holidays in Burkina Faso called Revolution Day (Burkina Faso)
5th » Bhagat Puran Singh known as Barsi Bhagat Puran Singh (Sikhism)
5th » Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
5th » Abel of Reims
5th » Thaddeus of Edessa or Addai
5th » Saint Afra known as Afra
5th » Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, and Lucas Cranach the Elder (Episcopal Church (USA))
5th » Cassian of Autun
5th » Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church)
5th » Emygdius
5th » Saint Memmius called Memnius
5th » Oswald of Northumbria
5th » August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
5th » List of national independence days known as Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burkina Faso from France in 1960.
9th » Saint Firmus and Saint Rusticus named Firmus and Rusticus
9th » Saint Herman of Alaska or Herman of Alaska (Russian Orthodox Church and Eastern Orthodox Church known as related congregations; Episcopal Church (USA))
9th » Saint Jean Vianney named Jean Vianney
9th » Mary Sumner (Church of England)
9th » Nath Í of Achonry
9th » Romanus Ostiarius
9th » Secundian, Marcellian and Verian
9th » August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
9th » National Day (Singapore) or National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.
10th » Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
10th » Saint Bessus known as Bessus
10th » Saint Blane named Blane (Catholic Church called Roman Catholic Church)
10th » Geraint of Dumnonia
10th » Lawrence of Rome
10th » Our Lady of Good Success Parañaque, Philippines or Our Lady of Good Success of Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines
10th » August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
10th » Public holidays in Ecuador or Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence finally occurred on May 24, 1822 at the Battle of Pichincha. (Ecuador)
11th » Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
11th » Athracht
11th » Clare of Assisi
11th » Saint Fiacre or Fiacre
11th » Gaugericus
11th » John Henry Newman (Church of England)
11th » Philomena
11th » Saints Tiburtius and Susanna or Susanna
11th » Saint Taurinus known as Taurinus of Évreux
11th » Saints Tiburtius and Susanna or Tiburtius and Chromatius
11th » August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
12th » Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
12th » Jane Frances de Chantal
12th » Euplius
12th » Herculanus of Brescia
12th » Pope Innocent XI
12th » August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
12th » Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom)
12th » International Youth Day (United Nations)
12th » The first day of Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima, Tokushima named Tokushima)
12th » Thelema Thelemic holidays known as The Feast of the Prophet and his Bride (Thelema)
13th » Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
13th » Cassian of Imola
13th » Hippolytus of Rome
13th » Jakob Gapp
13th » John Berchmans
13th » Maximus the Confessor
13th » Pope Pontian
13th » Radegunde
13th » Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill, Jeremy Taylor (Anglican Communion)
13th » Clara Maass (with Nightingale Lutheran Church)
13th » August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
13th » Diana (mythology) known as Festival of Aventine Diana (Roman Empire)
13th » Temple of Hercules Victor e.g Hercules Victori (Roman Empire)
13th » Public holidays in the Central African Republic e.g Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
13th » International Lefthanders Day (International observance or International)
13th » Lao Issara, Day of the Free Laos. (Laos)
14th » Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
14th » Maximilian Kolbe
14th » Kaj Munk (with Kolbe, Lutheran Church)
14th » Jonathan Myrick Daniels (Episcopal Church (USA))
14th » August 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
14th » Independence Day (Pakistan) or Independence Day, celebrates the day on which Pakistan was made an independent country based on border lines created by the British during the end of British Raj e.g their rule of India in 1947. (Pakistan)
15th » Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
15th » Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic Church Catholic Holy day of obligation holy days of obligation. (a public holiday in List of holidays by country Austria Austria, Public holidays in Belgium Belgium, Public holidays in Benin Benin,
15th » Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox Church e.g Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
15th » Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
15th » Stanislaus Kostka
15th » Tarcisius
15th » August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
15th » Ferragosto (Italy)
15th » National Acadian Day (Acadians)
15th » Navy Day Romania or Navy Day (Romania)
15th » Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
15th » Earliest day on which Hartjesdag e.g Day of Hearts can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in August. (area around Haarlem and Amsterdam)
15th » Public holidays in Paraguay e.g Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
15th » Gwangbokjeol e.g Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945:
15th » Gwangbokjeol, "Independence Day" (South Korea)
15th » Gwangbokjeol or Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
15th » Public holidays in the Republic of the Congo known as Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
15th » Independence Day (India) known as Independence Day of India, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947.
15th » National Memorial Service for War Dead (Japan)
15th » The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or 'Wafaa El-Nil' (Egypt and Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria or Coptic Church)
17th » Clare of Montefalco known as Clare of the Cross
17th » Hyacinth of Poland
17th » Johann Gerhard (Lutheran)
17th » Mammes of Caesarea (Catholic Church)
17th » Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler (Episcopal Church (USA))
17th » August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
17th » List of national independence days called Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
17th » Portunes called Portunalia (Roman Empire)
17th » Public holidays in Slovenia e.g Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)
18th » Birthday of Virginia Dare Tourism and advertising called Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)
18th » Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
18th » Agapitus of Palestrina
18th » Alberto Hurtado
18th » Saint Fiacre
18th » Helena (Empress) or Helena of Constantinople (Catholic Church or Roman Catholic Church)
18th » William Porcher DuBose (Episcopal Church (USA))
18th » August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
19th » Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
19th » Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances:
19th » Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
19th » Jean Eudes known as Jean-Eudes de Mézeray
19th » Saint Louis of Toulouse known as Louis of Toulouse
19th » Magnus of Anagni
19th » Magnus of Avignon
19th » Sebaldus
19th » August 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
19th » Afghan Independence Day Independence Day, commemorates the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from United Kingdom Britain (Afghanistan)
19th » Public holidays in the Philippines known as Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Quezon City and other places in The Philippines named after Manuel L. Quezon)
20th » William Booth or William and Catherine Booth
20th » August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
20th » Indian Akshay Urja Day called Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas (India)
20th » List of national independence days e.g Restoration of Independence Day, re-declaration of the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union in 1991.
20th » Public holidays in Morocco named Revolution of the King and People (Morocco)
23rd » Martin de Porres, Toribio de Mogrovejo, and Rosa of Lima (Episcopal Church (USA))
23rd » Philip Benitius
23rd » Saint Rose of Lima named Rose of Lima
23rd » Tydfil
23rd » August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
23rd » European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day (European Union and other countries), and related observances:
23rd » Day of the National Flag (Ukraine) called Flag Day (Ukraine)
23rd » International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition (International observance known as International)
23rd » Umhlanga (ceremony) or Umhlanga Day (Swaziland)
24th » Earliest date on which Notting Hill Carnival can fall, while August 31 is the latest; celebrated on the last Monday in August and the day before. (Notting Hill)
24th » Public holidays in Liberia or Flag Day (Liberia)