August 1891 Day Of The Week - 1891 August Calendar Month View

About Month of August Calendar

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).

Day of Week 16th » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila called Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
Day of Week 18th » 1891 Martinique hurricane known as Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
Day of Week 24th » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

1st » Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968)
2nd » Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (d. 1975)
2nd » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian (d. 1971)
4th » Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (d. 1989)
6th » William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal, 13th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1970)
8th » Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer (d. 1952)
11th » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)
12th » C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and academic (d. 1953)
21st » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rician soldier (d. 2007)
22nd » Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (d. 1973)
25th » David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956)
26th » Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author (d. 1960)
28th » Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)
29th » Marquis James, American journalist and author (d. 1955)

12th » James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
14th » Sarah Childress Polk, American wife of James K. Polk, 12th First Lady of the United States (b. 1803)
22nd » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
27th » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
28th » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
29th » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)