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 1850
3rd » Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (d. 1926)
5th » Guy de Maupassant, French author and poet (d. 1893)
25th » Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
Famous Deaths for August 1850
6th » Edward Walsh (poet) or Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
17th » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
18th » Honoré de Balzac, French author and playwright (b. 1799)