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).
Historical Events for August, 1794
Day of Week 7th » President of the United States known as U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
Day of Week 8th » Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
Day of Week 20th » Battle of Fallen Timbers: United States American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Lenape Delaware, Wyandot people Wyandot, Miami people Miami, Odawa people Ottawa, Ojibwe people Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1794
11th » James B. Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
17th » Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (d. 1849)
Famous Deaths for August 1794
6th » Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
25th » Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)