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 1856
1st » George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
3rd » Alfred Deakin, Australian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
10th » William Willett, English inverter, founded British Summer Time (d. 1915)
12th » Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1917)
16th » Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan general and politician (d. 1904)
20th » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (d. 1909)
27th » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian author and poet (d. 1916)
Famous Deaths for August 1856
14th » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
29th » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author (b. 1778)