August Holidays and Observances

Every fixed-date holiday and observance in August, from international days to national holidays and religious feast days. Select a day to see its full list. The dates are the same every year, so holidays whose date moves, such as Easter, are not listed. All entries come from Wikipedia.

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August 1

International

National and local

  • Armed Forces Day (Lebanon) Wikipedia
  • Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China) Wikipedia
  • Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan) Wikipedia
  • Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire: Emancipation Day is a public holiday in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago Wikipedia
  • Minden Day (United Kingdom) Wikipedia
  • National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960 Wikipedia
  • Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (Tonga) Wikipedia
  • Parents' Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Wikipedia
  • Statehood Day (Colorado) Wikipedia
  • Swiss National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291 Wikipedia
  • The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): Lughnasadh in the Northern hemisphere, Imbolc in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally begins on the eve of August 1. (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopagans) Wikipedia
  • The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopagans) Wikipedia
  • The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): Pachamama Raymi (Quechuan in Ecuador and Peru) Wikipedia
  • Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) Wikipedia
  • Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire, England) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 1

August 2

National and local

  • Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan) Wikipedia
  • Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica) Wikipedia
  • Paratroopers Day (Russia) Wikipedia
  • Republic Day (North Macedonia) Wikipedia
  • Romani genocide-related observances, including: Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (Council of Europe, European Parliament) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 2

August 3

National and local

  • Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau) Wikipedia
  • Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea) Wikipedia
  • Flag Day (Venezuela) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960. Arbor Day (Niger) Wikipedia
  • National Guard Day (Venezuela) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 3

August 4

National and local

  • Coast Guard Day (United States) Wikipedia
  • Constitution Day (Cook Islands); first Monday in August Wikipedia
  • Matica slovenská Day (Slovakia) Wikipedia
  • Barack Obama Day in Illinois in the United States Wikipedia
  • 2020 Beirut explosion commemoration day in Lebanon Wikipedia

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What happened on August 4

August 5

National and local

  • Independence Day (Burkina Faso) Wikipedia
  • July Mass Uprising Day (Bangladesh) Wikipedia
  • Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 5

August 6

National and local

  • Christian holidays and observances Transfiguration of Jesus Wikipedia
  • Christian holidays and observances Anna Maria Rubatto Wikipedia
  • Christian holidays and observances Felicissimus and Agapitus Wikipedia
  • Christian holidays and observances Pope Hormisdas Wikipedia
  • Christian holidays and observances Justus and Pastor Wikipedia
  • Christian holidays and observances Pope Sixtus II Wikipedia
  • Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day (Bolivia), celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825 Wikipedia
  • Independence Day (Jamaica), celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962 Wikipedia
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan) Wikipedia
  • Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia) Wikipedia

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  • Christian holidays and observances August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia

What happened on August 6

August 7

National and local

Religious feast days

What happened on August 7

August 8

International

National and local

  • Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan) Wikipedia
  • Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Mongolia, Taiwan) Wikipedia
  • Happiness Happens Day Wikipedia
  • Namesday of the Queen (Sweden) Wikipedia
  • Nane Nane Day (Tanzania) Wikipedia
  • Signal Troops Day (Ukraine) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 8

August 9

International

  • International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (United Nations) Wikipedia

National and local

  • Battle of Gangut Day (Russia) Wikipedia
  • Meyboom (Brussels and Leuven, Belgium) Wikipedia
  • National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965 Wikipedia
  • National Peacekeepers' Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day (Canada) Wikipedia
  • National Women's Day (South Africa) Wikipedia
  • Day of the Finnish art, also birthday of Tove Jansson (Finland) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 9

August 10

International

National and local

  • Argentine Air Force Day (Argentina) Wikipedia
  • Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence was finally attained on May 24, 1822, at the Battle of Pichincha. (Ecuador) Wikipedia
  • National Veterans Day (Indonesia) Wikipedia
  • National Day (Singapore) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 10

August 11

National and local

  • Flag Day (Pakistan) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Chad from France in 1960 Wikipedia
  • Mountain Day (Japan) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 11

August 12

International

  • International Youth Day (United Nations) Wikipedia
  • World Elephant Day (International) Wikipedia

National and local

  • Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom) Wikipedia
  • HM the Queen Mother's Birthday and National Mother's Day (Thailand) Wikipedia
  • Russian Air Force Day (Russia) Wikipedia
  • Sea Org Day (Scientology) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 12

August 13

International

National and local

  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960 Wikipedia
  • Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 13

August 14

National and local

  • National Navajo Code Talkers Day is a holiday in the United States honoring Navajo code talkers in the military Wikipedia
  • Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592 Wikipedia
  • Independence Day celebrates the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947 Wikipedia
  • Partition Horrors Remembrance Day commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India in 1947 Wikipedia

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What happened on August 14

August 15

International

National and local

  • Armed Forces Day (Poland) Wikipedia
  • Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea) Wikipedia
  • Founding of Asunción (Paraguay) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: Gwangbokjeol, "Independence Day" (South Korea) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947 Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960 Wikipedia
  • National Day (Liechtenstein) Wikipedia
  • National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh) Wikipedia
  • The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church) Wikipedia
  • The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances: Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima Prefecture) Wikipedia
  • Victory Day (Afghanistan), celebrating the 2021 Fall of Kabul Wikipedia
  • Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom), and its related observances: End-of-war Memorial Day, when the National Memorial Service for War Dead is held (Japan) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

  • Altfrid Wikipedia
  • Alypius of Thagaste Wikipedia
  • Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches) Wikipedia
  • Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Ferragosto (Italy) Wikipedia
  • Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Māras (Latvia) Wikipedia
  • Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica) Wikipedia
  • Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: National Acadian Day (Acadians) Wikipedia
  • Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Navy Day (Romania) Wikipedia
  • Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain) Wikipedia
  • Blessed Elvira Moragas Cantarero Wikipedia
  • Blessed Giuliana Puricelli Wikipedia
  • Blessed Isidore Bakanja Wikipedia
  • San La Muerte (Paraguayan Folk Catholicism) Wikipedia
  • Santa Muerte (Mexican Folk Catholicism) Wikipedia
  • Tarcisius Wikipedia
  • August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia

What happened on August 15

August 16

National and local

  • Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States) Wikipedia
  • Children's Day (Paraguay) Wikipedia
  • Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan) Wikipedia
  • National Airborne Day (United States) Wikipedia
  • Restoration Day (Dominican Republic) Wikipedia
  • The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960 Wikipedia
  • Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 16

August 17

National and local

  • Engineer's Day (Colombia) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence proclamation of Indonesia from Japan in 1945 Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 17

August 18

National and local

  • Arbor Day (Pakistan) Wikipedia
  • Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia) Wikipedia
  • Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island) Wikipedia
  • Constitution Day (Indonesia) Wikipedia
  • Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia) Wikipedia
  • National Science Day (Thailand) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 18

August 20

International

National and local

  • Indian Akshay Urja Day (India) Wikipedia
  • Independence Restoration Day (Estonia), re-declaration of the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union in 1991 Wikipedia
  • Meitei Language Day, also known as Manipuri Language Day, the day on which Meitei (Manipuri) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of India Wikipedia
  • Revolution of the King and the People (Morocco) Wikipedia
  • Saint Stephen's Day (Hungary) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 20

August 21

International

National and local

Religious feast days

What happened on August 21

August 22

International

  • International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief Wikipedia

National and local

  • Earliest day on which National Heroes' Day (Philippines) can fall, while August 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Monday in August Wikipedia
  • Flag Day (Russia) Wikipedia
  • Madras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 22

August 23

International

  • International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition Wikipedia

National and local

  • Battle of Kursk Day (Russia) Wikipedia
  • Day of the National Flag (Ukraine) Wikipedia
  • 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) Wikipedia
  • National Day for Physicians (Iran) Wikipedia
  • The memorial day for the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis(the August 23 shelling war) (Taiwan) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 23

August 24

International

National and local

  • Flag Day (Liberia) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991 Wikipedia
  • National Waffle Day (United States) Wikipedia
  • Nostalgia Night (Uruguay) Wikipedia
  • Willka Raymi (Cusco, Peru) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 24

August 25

National and local

  • Day of Songun (North Korea) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825 Wikipedia
  • Soldier's Day (Brazil) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 25

August 26

International

  • International Dog Day, an observance promoting dog adoption and animal welfare (2004) Wikipedia

National and local

Religious feast days

What happened on August 26

August 27

National and local

  • Independence Day (Republic of Moldova), celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991 Wikipedia
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas, United States) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 27

August 28

National and local

Religious feast days

What happened on August 28

August 29

International

  • International Day against Nuclear Tests Wikipedia

National and local

  • Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine (Ukraine) Wikipedia
  • National Sports Day (India) Wikipedia
  • Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 29

August 30

International

  • International Day of the Disappeared Wikipedia
  • International Whale Shark Day

National and local

  • Constitution Day (Kazakhstan) Wikipedia
  • Constitution Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day (Tatarstan, Russia not formally recognized) Wikipedia
  • Popular Consultation Day (East Timor) Wikipedia
  • Saint Rose of Lima's Day (Peru) Wikipedia
  • Victory Day (Turkey) Wikipedia

Religious feast days

What happened on August 30

August 31

International

  • Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance) Wikipedia

National and local

  • Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland) Wikipedia
  • Departure Day, celebrates the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991 Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957 Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962 Wikipedia
  • Romanian Language Day (Romania, Moldova, Ukraine) Wikipedia
  • Sabah Day (Sabah, Borneo) Wikipedia

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What happened on August 31

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