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).
Famous Birthdays on August in 1822
18th » Isaac P. Rodman, American general and politician (d. 1862)
31st » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1907)
Famous Deaths for August 1822
4th » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet (b. 1801)
12th » Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1769)
19th » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
25th » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)