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*See also [[Movable Eastern Christian observances]]
*See also [[Movable Eastern Christian observances]]


====Thursday before the first Monday: August 2====
====Thursday before the first Monday: August 1====
*[[Emancipation Day#Thursday before the first Monday in August|Emancipation Day]] ([[Bermuda]])
*[[Emancipation Day#Thursday before the first Monday in August|Emancipation Day]] ([[Bermuda]])


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*[[International Beer Day]]
*[[International Beer Day]]


====1st Saturday: August 4====
====1st Saturday: August 3====
*[[Food Day]] ([[Canada]])
*[[Food Day]] ([[Canada]])
*[[Brewers Association|Mead Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[Brewers Association|Mead Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[List of food days#August|National Mustard Day]] (United States)
*[[List of food days#August|National Mustard Day]] (United States)


====1st Sunday: August 5====
====1st Sunday: August 4====
*[[Armed Forces Day#Ukraine|Air Force Day]] ([[Ukraine]])
*[[Armed Forces Day#Ukraine|Air Force Day]] ([[Ukraine]])
*[[American Family Day]] ([[Arizona]], [[United States]])
*[[American Family Day]] ([[Arizona]], [[United States]])
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*[[Public holidays in Russia#List of holidays and commemorative days|Railway Workers' Day]] ([[Russia]])
*[[Public holidays in Russia#List of holidays and commemorative days|Railway Workers' Day]] ([[Russia]])


====1st Monday: August 6 ====
====1st Monday: August 5 ====
*[[Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland|August Public Holiday]] ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]])
*[[Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland|August Public Holiday]] ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]])
*[[Children's Day]] ([[Tuvalu]])
*[[Children's Day]] ([[Tuvalu]])
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*[[Youth Day]] ([[Kiribati]])
*[[Youth Day]] ([[Kiribati]])


====1st Tuesday: August 7====
====1st Tuesday: August 6====
*[[National Night Out]] ([[United States]])
*[[National Night Out]] ([[United States]])


====2nd Saturday: August 11 ====
====2nd Saturday: August 10 ====
*[[Public holidays in Russia#List of holidays and commemorative days|Sports Day]] ([[Russia]])
*[[Public holidays in Russia#List of holidays and commemorative days|Sports Day]] ([[Russia]])


====Sunday on or closest to August 9: August 12====
====Sunday on or closest to August 9: August 11====
*[[National Peacekeepers' Day]] ([[Canada]])
*[[National Peacekeepers' Day]] ([[Canada]])


====2nd Sunday: August 12====
====2nd Sunday: August 11====
*[[Children's Day]] ([[Argentina]], [[Chile]], [[Uruguay]])
*[[Children's Day]] ([[Argentina]], [[Chile]], [[Uruguay]])
*[[Father's Day]] ([[Brazil]], [[Samoa]])
*[[Father's Day]] ([[Brazil]], [[Samoa]])
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*[[International Lefthanders Day]]
*[[International Lefthanders Day]]


====Sunday closest to August 15: August 12 ====
====Sunday closest to August 15: August 11 ====
*[[Dormition of the Mother of God]] ([[Armenian Apostolic Church]]
*[[Dormition of the Mother of God]] ([[Armenian Apostolic Church]]


====2nd Monday: August 13 ====
====2nd Monday: August 12 ====
*[[Public holidays in Zimbabwe|Heroes' Day]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
*[[Public holidays in Zimbabwe|Heroes' Day]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
*[[Victory Day]] ([[Hawaii]] and [[Rhode Island]], [[United States]])
*[[Victory Day]] ([[Hawaii]] and [[Rhode Island]], [[United States]])
*[[Independence Day (Pakistan)]]
*[[Independence Day (Pakistan)]]


====2nd Tuesday: August 14 ====
====2nd Tuesday: August 13 ====
*[[Public holidays in Zimbabwe|Defence Forces Day]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
*[[Public holidays in Zimbabwe|Defence Forces Day]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
August 15
August 15
Indian Independence Day
Indian Independence Day


====3rd Friday: August 17 ====
====3rd Friday: August 16 ====
*[[Hawaii Admission Day]] ([[Hawaii]], [[United States]])
*[[Hawaii Admission Day]] ([[Hawaii]], [[United States]])


====3rd Saturday: August 18 ====
====3rd Saturday: August 17 ====
*[[National Honey Bee Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[National Honey Bee Day]] ([[United States]])


====Third Weekend: August 18–19 ====
====Third Weekend: August 17–18 ====
*[[Festa do Rosário]] ([[Córrego Danta]], [[Brazil]])
*[[Festa do Rosário]] ([[Córrego Danta]], [[Brazil]])


====3rd Sunday: August 19 ====
====3rd Sunday: August 18 ====
*[[Children's Day]] ([[Argentina]], [[Peru]])
*[[Children's Day]] ([[Argentina]], [[Peru]])
*[[National Grandparents Day|Grandparents Day]] ([[Hong Kong]])
*[[National Grandparents Day|Grandparents Day]] ([[Hong Kong]])


====3rd Monday: August 20 ====
====3rd Monday: August 19 ====
*[[Discovery Day]] ([[Yukon]], Canada)
*[[Discovery Day]] ([[Yukon]], Canada)
*[[Hartjesdag|Day of Hearts]] ([[Haarlem]] and [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]])
*[[Hartjesdag|Day of Hearts]] ([[Haarlem]] and [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]])
*[[National Mourning Day]] ([[Bangladesh]])
*[[National Mourning Day]] ([[Bangladesh]])


====Last Sunday: August 26 ====
====Last Sunday: August 25 ====
*[[Alexey Stakhanov#Biography|Coal Miner's Day]] (some former [[Soviet Union]] countries)
*[[Alexey Stakhanov#Biography|Coal Miner's Day]] (some former [[Soviet Union]] countries)
*[[National Grandparents Day]] ([[Taiwan]])
*[[National Grandparents Day]] ([[Taiwan]])


====Last Monday: August 27 ====
====Last Monday: August 26 ====
*[[Father's Day]] ([[South Sudan]])
*[[Father's Day]] ([[South Sudan]])
*[[Heroes' Day#National Heroes.27 Day in the Philippines|Heroes' Day]] ([[Philippines]])
*[[Heroes' Day#National Heroes.27 Day in the Philippines|Heroes' Day]] ([[Philippines]])
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*[[Bank Holiday|Late Summer Bank Holiday]] ([[England]], [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Wales]])
*[[Bank Holiday|Late Summer Bank Holiday]] ([[England]], [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Wales]])


====Last Thursday: August 30 ====
====Last Thursday: August 29 ====
*[[List of food days#United Kingdom|National Burger Day]] ([[United Kingdom]])
*[[List of food days#United Kingdom|National Burger Day]] ([[United Kingdom]])


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This article is about the month. For other uses, see August (disambiguation).

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Depiction of harvesting in the August calendar page of the Queen Mary Psalter (fol. 78v), ca. 1310

August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days.[1] It was originally named Sextilis in Latin because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, and 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 46 BC (708 AUC), giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC, it was renamed in honor of Augustus. 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 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. Numerous religious holidays occurred during August in ancient Rome.[3]

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 and August 24, with the days of the peak varying yearly. The star cluster of Messier 30 is best observed around August.

Among the aborigines of the Canary Islands, especially among the Guanches of Tenerife, the month of August received in the name of Beñesmer or Beñesmen, which was also the harvest festival held this month.[4][5]

August symbols

Gladiolus

Observances

This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance.

Non-Gregorian observances: 2019 dates

(Please note that all Baha'i, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at the sundown prior to the date listed, and end at sundown of the date in question unless otherwise noted.)

Month-long observances

United States month-long observances

  • National Black Business Month[17]
  • National Children's Vision and Learning Month[18]
  • National Immunization Awareness Month[19]
  • National Water Quality Month[20]
  • National Win with Civility Month[21]

Food Months in the United States

Moveable Gregorian observances, 2019

Thursday before the first Monday: August 1

Following Friday

1st Friday: August 2

1st Saturday: August 3

1st Sunday: August 4

1st Monday: August 5

1st Tuesday: August 6

2nd Saturday: August 10

Sunday on or closest to August 9: August 11

2nd Sunday: August 11

Sunday closest to August 15: August 11

2nd Monday: August 12

2nd Tuesday: August 13

August 15 Indian Independence Day

3rd Friday: August 16

3rd Saturday: August 17

Third Weekend: August 17–18

3rd Sunday: August 18

3rd Monday: August 19

Last Sunday: August 25

Last Monday: August 26

Last Thursday: August 29

Fixed Gregorian observances

References

  1. ^ "August." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 23 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Year of Julius Caesar, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed".
  3. ^ Supplicia canum was held on August 3, Lychnapsia on August 12, Nemoralia was held from August 13–15 (or on the full moon of August), Tiberinalia and Portumnalia on August 17, Consuales Ludi on August 18, Vinalia rustica on August 19, Vulcanalia on August 23, Opiconsivia on August 25, and Volturnalia on August 27. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.
  4. ^ Abréu Galindo, Juan de (1848) [1632]. Historia de la conquista de las siete islas de Gran Canaria. Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Imprenta, Litografía y Librería Isleña.
  5. ^ Torriani, Leonardo (1959) [1590]. Descripción e historia del reino de las Islas Canarias: antes Afortunadas, con el parecer de sus fortificaciones. Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Goya Ediciones.
  6. ^ "Why the American Gem Society". American Gem Society.
  7. ^ Birth months, flowers, and gemstones, shgresources.com
  8. ^ "www.americanadventures.info".
  9. ^ "Children's Eye Health and Safety Month".
  10. ^ "Online Events".
  11. ^ "August is Get Ready for Kindergarten Month!". Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2015-07-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "AANS".
  14. ^ "Psoriasis Awareness Month – Take Action, One Day at a Time – National Psoriasis Foundation".
  15. ^ "Cure SMA – Home".
  16. ^ "What Will Be Your Legacy Month".
  17. ^ "12th annual National Black Business Month". National Black Business Month.
  18. ^ "August is Vision & Learning Month – College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)".
  19. ^ "National Immunization Awareness Month – NIAM – CDC".
  20. ^ "August is National Water Quality Month". GoodSpeaks.
  21. ^ "MHprofessional.com".
  22. ^ a b c d e f "Food Days, Weeks, Months – August". UNL Food. University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
  23. ^ Bober, Mike. Celebrate National Goat Cheese Month with Local Favorites, dcfoodies.com
  24. ^ "Why Is National Panini Month In August?". Food Republic. August 20, 2012.
  25. ^ "Construction holidays and vacations – CCQ". www.ccq.org.
  26. ^ "National Farmers Market Week". Farmers Market Coalition.
  27. ^ "Homepage". National Science Week.
  28. ^ "Egyptian Engineering Day". EgyptInnovate. October 31, 2015.

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