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Depiction of harvesting in the August calendar
August is the eighth month of the year (between July and
September ) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the fifth
month to have the length of 31 days. [1]
In the Southern Hemisphere , August is the seasonal equivalent of
February in the Northern Hemisphere . In many European
countries, August is the holiday month for most workers.
Certain meteor showers take place in August. The Kappa Cygnids
take place in August with the dates varying each year, the Alpha
Capricornids meteor shower takes place as early as July 10 and
ends at around August 10, and the Southern Delta Aquariids take
place from mid-July to mid-August with the peak usually around
July 28–29. The Perseids , a major meteor shower, typically takes
place between July 17 - August 24, with the days of the peak
varying yearly.
The star cluster of Messier 30 is best observed around August.
This month was originally named Sextilis in Latin , because it was
the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under
Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year.
About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and
February were added to the year before March by King Numa
Pompilius , who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two
days when he created the Julian calendar in 45 BC giving it its
modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of
Augustus (despite common belief, he did not take a day from
February; see the debunked theory on month lengths ). According
to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius , he chose this
month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs,
including the conquest of Egypt. [2]
In ancient Rome, Supplicia canum was held on August 3,
Lychnapsia was held on August 12, Nemoralia was held from
August 13–15 (or on the full moon of August), Tiberinalia and
Portumnalia were held on August 17, Consuales Ludi was held on
August 18, Vinalia rustica was held on August 19, Vulcanalia was
held on August 23, Opiconsivia was held on August 25, and
Volturnalia was held on August 27. These dates do not correspond
to the modern Gregorian calendar.
August symbols
Gladiolus
August's birthstones are the peridot and sardonyx .
Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy , meaning beauty,
strength of character, love, marriage and family. [3]
The Western zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo
(until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).
Observances
This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general
observance.
Non-Gregorian observances, 2017
August 1: Tisha B'Av ( Jewish calendar )
August 3: Aadi Perukku ( Hinduism , Tamil calendar )
August 3: Shia Day of Celebration: Birth of Imam Ali Reza, 148
A.H. ( Islamic calendar )
August 5: Shabbat Nachamu ( Jewish calendar )
August 7: Tu B'Av ( Jewish calendar )
August 17: Multiple Shia days of Remembrance ( Islamic
calendar )
August 17: Shabbat Mevorchim ( Jewish calendar )
August 21: Amavasya ( Hinduism ) [4]
August 21: Shia Day of Remembrance: Martyrdom of Imam
Mohammad Taqi ( Islamic calendar )
August 22: Yom Kippur Katan (optional, Jewish calendar )
August 23: National Doctors' Day ( Iranian calendar )
August 23: Rosh Chodesh of Elul / Rosh Hashanah LaBehema
( Jewish calendar )
August 23–31: 1-9 Dhu al-Hijjah, fasting days ( Islamic
calendar )
August 23-September 1: Nights for standing (Qiyaam) in
Tahajjud ( Islamic calendar )
August 29: Shia Day of Mourning: Martyrdom of Imam
Mohammad Baqir ( Islamic calendar )
August 30: Shia Day of Mourning: Imam Hussain started from
Mecca to Karbala ( Islamic calendar )
August 30 - September 4: Hajj ( Islamic calendar )
August 31: Day of Arafah / Shia Day of Mourning: Martyrdom of
Janab-e-Muslim ibn Aqil & Hazrat Hani ibn Urwah in Kufa ( Islamic
calendar )
August 31 - September 4: Takbirut Tashreeq ( Islamic calendar )
Month-long observances
American Adventures Month (celebrating vacationing in the
Americas) [5]
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month [6]
Digestive Tract Paralysis (DTP) Month [7]
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month [8]
Happiness Happens Month
Month of Philippine Languages (Philippines) [9]
Neurosurgery Outreach Month [10]
Psoriasis Awareness Month [11]
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month [12]
What Will Be Your Legacy Month [13]
United States month-long observances
National Black Business Month [14]
National Children's Vision and Learning Month [15]
National Immunization Awareness Month [16]
National Water Quality Month [17]
National Win with Civility Month [18]
Food Months in the United States
Catfish Month [19]
National Dippin' Dots Month [19]
Family Meals Month [19]
Get Acquainted with Kiwifruit Month [19]
National Goat Cheese Month. [20]
National Panini Month [21]
Peach Month [19]
Sandwich Month [19]
Movable Gregorian observances,
2017
Construction Holiday (Quebec) : July 27-August 5[22]
Earth Overshoot Day : August 2
National Farmer's Market Week : August 6–12 [23]
National Science Week August 12–20 [23] ( Australia
1st Tuesday: August 1
National Night Out ( United States )
Thursday before the first Monday: August 3
Emancipation Day ( Bermuda )
1st Friday: August 4
International Beer Day
1st Saturday: August 5
Food Day ( Canada )
Mead Day ( United States )
National Mustard Day (United States)
1st Sunday: August 6
Air Force Day ( Ukraine )
American Family Day ( Arizona , United States )
Children's Day ( Uruguay )
International Forgiveness Day
Railway Workers' Day ( Russia)
Sunday on or closest to August 9: August 6
National Peacekeepers' Day ( Canada )
1st Monday: August 7
August Bank Holiday ( Ireland )
Children's Day ( Tuvalu )
Civic Holiday ( Canada )
British Columbia Day ( British Columbia, Canada )
Natal Day ( Nova Scotia, Canada )
New Brunswick Day Day ( New Brunswick, Canada )
Saskatchewan Day ( Saskatchewan, Canada
Terry Fox Day ( Manitoba, Canada )
Commerce Day ( Iceland )
Emancipation Day ( Anguilla , Antigua , The Bahamas, British
Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada , Saint Kitts and Nevis )
Farmer's Day ( Zambia )
Kadooment Day ( Barbados )
Labor Day ( Samoa )
National Day ( Jamaica )
Picnic Day ( Northern Territory , Australia )
Somers' Day ( Bermuda )
Youth Day ( Kiribati)
2nd Tuesday: August 8
Defence Forces Day ( Zimbabwe )
2nd Saturday: August 12
Sports Day ( Russia)
International Lefthanders Day
2nd Sunday: August 13
Children's Day ( Argentina, Chile , Uruguay )
Father's Day ( Brazil , Samoa )
Melon Day ( Turkmenistan)
Navy Day ( Bulgaria )
Independence Day ( Pakistan)
2nd Monday: August 14
Heroes' Day ( Zimbabwe )
Victory Day ( Hawaii and Rhode Island , United States)
2nd Tuesday: August 15
Independence Day ( India)
3rd Friday: August 18
Hawaii Admission Day ( Hawaii , United States )
3rd Saturday: August 19
National Honey Bee Day ( United States )
Third Weekend: August 19–20
Festa do Rosário ( Córrego Danta , Brazil )
3rd Sunday: August 20
Children's Day ( Argentina, Peru )
Grandparents Day ( Hong Kong)
3rd Monday: August 21
Discovery Day ( Yukon , Canada )
Day of Hearts ( Haarlem and Amsterdam, Netherlands )
National Mourning Day ( Bangladesh )
Sunday nearest August 26: August 27
Go Topless Day ( International observance )
Last Sunday: August 27
Coal Miner's Day (some former Soviet Union countries)
National Grandparents Day ( Taiwan )
Last Monday: August 28
Father's Day ( South Sudan )
Heroes' Day ( Philippines )
Liberation Day (Hong Kong)
Late Summer Bank Holiday ( England , Northern Ireland and
Wales )
Last Thursday: August 31
National Burger Day ( United Kingdom)
Fixed Gregorian Observances
Season of Emancipation ( Barbados ) (April 14 to August 23)
International Clown Week (August 1–7)
World Breastfeeding Week (August 1–7)
August 1
Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)
Armed Forces Day (China)
Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day ( Azerbaijan )
Emancipation Day ( Barbados , Guyana , Jamaica , Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, St. Lucia , Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and
Caicos Islands)
Imbolc ( Neopaganism, Southern hemisphere only)
Lammas ( England , Scotland , Neopaganism, Northern
Hemisphere only)
Lughnasadh ( Gaels , Ireland , Scotland , Neopaganism,
Northern Hemisphere only)
Minden Day ( United Kingdom)
National Day (Benin)
Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga
( Tonga )
Pachamama Raymi ( Quechua people in Ecuador and Peru )
Parents' Day ( Democratic Republic of the Congo )
Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast
( Eastern Orthodoxy )
Statehood Day (Colorado)
Swiss National Day ( Switzerland )
Victory Day ( Cambodia , Laos, Vietnam )
World Scout Scarf Day
Yorkshire Day ( Yorkshire, England )
August 2
Airmobile Forces Day (Ukraine)
Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan)
Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica)
Paratroopers Day (Russia)
Republic Day (Republic of Macedonia)
August 3
Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau)
Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea)
Esther Day (United States)
Flag Day (Venezuela)
Independence Day (Niger)
Arbor Day (Niger)
National Guard Day (Venezuela)
National Watermelon Day (United States)
National White Wine Day (United States)
August 4
Coast Guard Day (United States)
Constitution Day (Cook Islands)
Matica slovenská Day (Slovakia)
Revolution Day (Burkina Faso)
August 5
Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major ( Roman Catholic
Church )
Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
National Underwear Day (United States)
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of
Croatian defenders (Croatia)
August 6
H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan 's Accession Day .
(United Arab Emirates)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony ( Hiroshima , Japan)
Independence Day (Bolivia)
Independence Day (Jamaica)
Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia)
August 7
Assyrian Martyrs Day ( Assyrian community )
Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)
Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Independence Day (Ivory Coast)
Republic Day (Ivory Coast)
Youth Day (Kiribati)
August 8
Ceasefire Day ( Iraqi Kurdistan )
Father's Day (Taiwan)
Happiness Happens Day ( International observance )
International Cat Day
Namesday of Queen Silvia of Sweden, (Sweden)
Nane Nane Day (Tanzania)
Signal Troops Day (Ukraine)
August 9
Battle of Gangut Day (Russia)
International Day of the World's Indigenous People ( United
Nations)
National Day (Singapore)
National Women's Day (South Africa)
Remembrance for Radbod, King of the Frisians ( The Troth )
August 10
Argentine Air Force Day ( Argentina)
Constitution Day ( Anguilla )
Declaration of Independence of Quito ( Ecuador )
International Biodiesel Day
National S'more Day ( United States )
August 11
Flag Day (Pakistan)
Independence Day (Chad)
Mountain Day (Japan)
August 12
Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom)
HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day
(Thailand)
International Youth Day ( United Nations)
Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia)
Sea Org Day ( Scientology )
World Elephant Day
August 13
Independence Day (Central African Republic)
International Lefthanders Day
National Filet Mignon Day ( United States )
Women's Day (Tunisia)
August 14
Anniversary Day ( Tristan da Cunha )
Commemoration of Wadi al-Dahab (Morocco)
Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland (Abkhazia)
Engineer's Day (Dominican Republic)
Independence Day (Pakistan)
National Creamsicle Day ( United States )
Pramuka Day (Indonesia)
August 15
Armed Forces Day (Poland)
Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary ( Catholic holy days of
obligation, a public holiday in many countries.
Ferragosto (Italy)
Māras (Latvia)
Mother's Day ( Antwerp and Costa Rica)
National Acadian Day ( Acadians )
National Lemon Meringue Pie Day ( United States)
Virgin of Candelaria , patron of the Canary Islands .
( Tenerife, Spain)
Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos ( Eastern Orthodox,
Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
Navy Day (Romania)
The first day of Flooding of the Nile , or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt
and Coptic Church )
The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related
observances:
Awa Dance Festival ( Tokushima Prefecture )
Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
End-of-war Memorial Day , when the National Memorial
Service for War Dead is held. (Japan)
Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
Independence Day (Korea)
Gwangbokjeol (South Korea)
Jogukhaebangui nal , "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North
Korea)
Independence Day (India)
Independence Day (Republic of the Congo)
National Day (Liechtenstein)
National Mourning Day (Bangladesh)
Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom)
August 16
Bennington Battle Day ( Vermont , United States)
Children's Day (Paraguay)
Gozan no Okuribi ( Kyoto , Japan)
The first day of the Independence Days (Gabon)
National Airborne Day (United States)
National Rum Day ( United States )
Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)
August 17
The Birthday of Marcus Garvey ( Rastafari )
Engineer's Day (Colombia)
Flag Day (Bolivia)
Independence Day (Indonesia)
Independence Days (Gabon)
National Vanilla Custard Day (United States)
Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)
San Martin Day (Argentina)
August 18
Arbor Day (Pakistan)
Armed Forces Day (Macedonia)
Birthday of Virginia Dare ( Roanoke Island )
Constitution Day (Indonesia)
Long Tan Day (Australia)
National Science Day (Thailand)
August 19
Afghan Independence Day (Afghanistan)
August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam)
Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway)
Feast of the Transfiguration ( Julian calendar ), and its related
observances:
Buhe ( Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church )
Saviour's Transfiguration , popularly known as the
" Apples Feast " ( Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian
Orthodox Church )
Manuel Luis Quezón Day ( Quezon City and other places in
The Philippines named after Manuel L. Quezon )
National Aviation Day (United States)
National Potato Day (United States)
World Humanitarian Day
August 20
Indian Akshay Urja Day (India)
Restoration of Independence Day (Estonia)
Revolution of the King and People (Morocco)
Saint Stephen's Day (Hungary)
World Mosquito Day
August 21
Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)
Youth Day / King Mohammed VI 's Birthday (Morocco)
August 22
Flag Day (Russia)
Madras Day ( Chennai and Tamil Nadu , India)
National Eat a Peach Day (United States)
National Pecan Torte Day (United States)
Southern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day ( Chase's Calendar of
Events , Southern Hemisphere )
August 23
Battle of Kursk Day (Russia)
Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)
European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and
Nazism or Black Ribbon Day ( European Union and other
countries), and related observances:
Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day (Romania)
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade
and its Abolition
Umhlanga Day (Swaziland)
August 24
Flag Day (Liberia)
Independence Day of Ukraine
International Strange Music Day
National Waffle Day (United States)
Nostalgia Night (Uruguay)
Willka Raymi ( Cusco , Peru)
August 25
Day of Songun (North Korea)
Independence Day (Uruguay)
Liberation Day (France)
National Banana Split Day (United States)
National Whiskey Sour Day (United States)
Soldier's Day (Brazil)
August 26
Herero Day (Namibia)
Heroes' Day (Namibia)
Repentance Day (Papua New Guinea)
Women's Equality Day (United States)
August 27
Film and Movies Day (Russia)
Independence Day (Republic of Moldova)
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day ( Texas, United States)
National Banana Lovers Day (United States)
National Pots De Creme Day (United States)
August 28
Assumption of Mary ( Eastern Orthodox Church (Public
holiday in the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Georgia
(country) )
Crackers of the Keyboard Day
National Cherry Turnover Day (United States)
August 29
International Day against Nuclear Tests
Miners' Day (Ukraine)
More Herbs, Less Salt Day
National Lemon Juice Day (United States)
National Chop Suey Day (United States)
National Sports Day (India)
Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia)
Telugu Language Day (India)
August 30
Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)
Constitution Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Independence Day ( Tatarstan, Russia, unrecognized)
International Day of the Disappeared ( International )
Popular Consultation Day (East Timor)
Saint Rose of Lima's Day (Peru)
Victory Day (Turkey)
August 31
Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day ( Balochs and Pashtuns,
International observance )
Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
Independence Day ( Federation of Malaya , Malaysia)
Independence Day (Kyrgyzstan)
Independence Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
National Language Day (Moldova)
National Trail Mix Day (United States)
North Borneo Self-government Day ( Sabah , Borneo )
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Antiquities (1890), William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E.
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