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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- Religious feast days
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All August holidays by day
August 1
International
- World Scout Scarf Day Wikipedia
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
Religious feast days
- Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church) Wikipedia
- Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori Wikipedia
- Æthelwold of Winchester Wikipedia
- Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs) Wikipedia
- Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder Wikipedia
- Eusebius of Vercelli Wikipedia
- Exuperius of Bayeux Wikipedia
- Felix of Girona Wikipedia
- Peter Apostle in Chains Wikipedia
- Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions Wikipedia
- Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodoxy) Wikipedia
- The Holy Maccabees Wikipedia
- August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 2
National and local
Religious feast days
- Ahudemmeh (Syriac Orthodox Church) Wikipedia
- Basil Fool for Christ (Russian Orthodox Church) Wikipedia
- Ceferino Giménez Malla Wikipedia
- Centola and Helen Wikipedia
- Joan of Aza Wikipedia
- Justin Russolillo Wikipedia
- Peter Julian Eymard Wikipedia
- Plegmund Wikipedia
- Pope Stephen I Wikipedia
- Portiuncola Indulgence ("Pardon of Assisi"), the plenary indulgence related to St. Francis of Assisi (Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Samuel David Ferguson (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 3
National and local
Religious feast days
- Blessed Augustin Kažotić Wikipedia
- George Freeman Bragg, W. E. B. Du Bois (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- Lydia of Thyatira Wikipedia
- Myrrhbearers (Lutheran Church) Wikipedia
- Nicodemus Wikipedia
- Olaf II of Norway (Translation of the relic) Wikipedia
- Stephen (Discovery of the relic) Wikipedia
- Waltheof of Melrose Wikipedia
- August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 4
National and local
August 5
National and local
Religious feast days
- Abel of Reims Wikipedia
- Addai Wikipedia
- Afra Wikipedia
- Cassian of Autun Wikipedia
- Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Emygdius Wikipedia
- Margaret the Barefooted Wikipedia
- Memnius Wikipedia
- Nonna of Nazianzus Wikipedia
- Oswald of Northumbria Wikipedia
- August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
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
Religious feast days
- Christian holidays and observances August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 7
National and local
Religious feast days
- Afra Wikipedia
- Albert of Trapani Wikipedia
- Cajetan of Thienna Wikipedia
- Carpophorus and companions Wikipedia
- Dometius of Persia Wikipedia
- Donatus of Arezzo Wikipedia
- Donatus of Besançon Wikipedia
- Donatus of Muenstereifel Wikipedia
- Blessed Edward Bamber, John Woodcock and Thomas Whittaker Wikipedia
- Felicissimus and Agapitus Wikipedia
- John Mason Neale (Episcopal Church (USA)) Wikipedia
- Nantovinus Wikipedia
- Pope Sixtus II Wikipedia
- August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
- Filseta (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church) Wikipedia
August 8
International
- International Cat Day Wikipedia
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
Religious feast days
- Altmann of Passau Wikipedia
- Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro Wikipedia
- Cyriacus and companions Wikipedia
- Dominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican Order Wikipedia
- Four Crowned Martyrs Wikipedia
- Blessed Maria Anna Rosa Caiani Wikipedia
- Mary MacKillop Wikipedia
- Severus of Vienne Wikipedia
- August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
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
Religious feast days
- Candida Maria of Jesus Wikipedia
- Edith Stein (St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) Wikipedia
- Firmus and Rusticus Wikipedia
- Blessed Florentino Asensio Barroso Wikipedia
- Herman of Alaska (Russian Orthodox Church and related congregations; Episcopal Church (USA)) Wikipedia
- Mary Sumner (Church of England) Wikipedia
- Nath Í of Achonry Wikipedia
- Romanus Ostiarius Wikipedia
- Secundian, Marcellian and Verian Wikipedia
- August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 10
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
August 11
National and local
Religious feast days
- Athracht Wikipedia
- Clare of Assisi Wikipedia
- Gaugericus Wikipedia
- John Henry Newman (Church of England) Wikipedia
- Blessed John Sandys and Stephen Rowsham Wikipedia
- Blessed Maurice Tornay Wikipedia
- Philomena Wikipedia
- Susanna Wikipedia
- Taurinus of Évreux Wikipedia
- Tiburtius and Chromatius Wikipedia
- August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 12
International
National and local
Religious feast days
- Euplius Wikipedia
- Eusebius of Milan Wikipedia
- Herculanus of Brescia Wikipedia
- Pope Innocent XI Wikipedia
- Jænberht Wikipedia
- Jane Frances de Chantal Wikipedia
- Blessed Karl Leisner Wikipedia
- Muiredach (or Murtagh) Wikipedia
- Porcarius II Wikipedia
- Blessed Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina Wikipedia
- August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 13
International
National and local
Religious feast days
- Benedetto Sinigardi Wikipedia
- Benildus Romançon Wikipedia
- Cassian of Imola Wikipedia
- Clara Maass (Lutheran Church) Wikipedia
- Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill (Lutheran Church) Wikipedia
- Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg Wikipedia
- Hippolytus of Rome Wikipedia
- Blessed Jakob Gapp Wikipedia
- Jeremy Taylor (Anglican Communion) Wikipedia
- John Berchmans Wikipedia
- Junian of Mairé Wikipedia
- Blessed Marco d'Aviano Wikipedia
- Maximus the Confessor Wikipedia
- Nerses Glaietsi (Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Pope Pontian Wikipedia
- Radegunde Wikipedia
- Wigbert Wikipedia
- August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
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
August 15
International
- International Apostrophe Day Wikipedia
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
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
Religious feast days
August 17
National and local
Religious feast days
- Saint Beatrice of Silva Wikipedia
- Saint Clare of Montefalco Wikipedia
- Elias of Enna Wikipedia
- Saint Hyacinth of Poland Wikipedia
- Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga Wikipedia
- Saint Jeanne Delanoue Wikipedia
- Saint Mammes of Caesarea Wikipedia
- Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 18
National and local
August 20
International
- World Mosquito Day Wikipedia
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
Religious feast days
- Amadour Wikipedia
- Bernard of Clairvaux Wikipedia
- Blessed Georg Häfner Wikipedia
- Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai Wikipedia
- Maria De Mattias Wikipedia
- Oswine of Deira Wikipedia
- Philibert of Jumièges Wikipedia
- Samuel (prophet) Wikipedia
- William and Catherine Booth (Church of England) Wikipedia
- August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
- Feast of Asmá’ (Baháʼí Faith, only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on March 21) Wikipedia
August 21
International
- World Senior Citizen's Day Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church) Wikipedia
- Bernard of Alzira Wikipedia
- Cyriaca Wikipedia
- Euprepius of Verona Wikipedia
- Maximilian of Antioch Wikipedia
- Our Lady of Knock Wikipedia
- Pope Pius X Wikipedia
- Sidonius Apollinaris Wikipedia
- Blessed Victoire Rasoamanarivo Wikipedia
- August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 22
International
- International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief Wikipedia
National and local
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
- Ascelina Wikipedia
- Asterius, Claudius, and Neon Wikipedia
- Éogan of Ardstraw Wikipedia
- Blessed Franciszek Dachtera Wikipedia
- Blessed Juan María de la Cruz Wikipedia
- Lupus (Luppus) of Novae Wikipedia
- Philip Benitius Wikipedia
- Quiriacus and companions, of Ostia Wikipedia
- Rose of Lima Wikipedia
- Tydfil Wikipedia
- Zacchaeus of Jerusalem Wikipedia
- August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 24
International
- International Strange Music Day Wikipedia
National and local
Religious feast days
- Aurea of Ostia Wikipedia
- Bartholomew the Apostle (Roman Catholic, Anglican) Wikipedia
- Edward Klinik Wikipedia
- Emily de Vialar Wikipedia
- Jeanne-Antide Thouret Wikipedia
- Maria Micaela Desmaisieres Wikipedia
- Massa Candida (Martyrs of Utica) Wikipedia
- Owen (Audoin) Wikipedia
- August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 25
National and local
Religious feast days
- Æbbe of Coldingham Wikipedia
- Aredius Wikipedia
- Genesius of Arles Wikipedia
- Genesius of Rome Wikipedia
- Ginés de la Jara (or Genesius of Cartagena) Wikipedia
- Gregory of Utrecht Wikipedia
- Joseph Calasanz Wikipedia
- Louis IX of France Wikipedia
- Blessed Ludovicus Baba Wikipedia
- Blessed Ludovicus Sasada Wikipedia
- Blessed Luis Sotelo Wikipedia
- Blessed María del Tránsito Cabanillas Wikipedia
- Emily de Vialar Wikipedia
- Menas of Constantinople Wikipedia
- Blessed Miguel de Carvalho Wikipedia
- Patricia of Naples Wikipedia
- Blessed Pedro Vásquez Wikipedia
- Thomas de Cantilupe (or of Hereford) Wikipedia
- August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 26
International
- International Dog Day, an observance promoting dog adoption and animal welfare (2004) Wikipedia
National and local
Religious feast days
- Alexander of Bergamo (Roman Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá Wikipedia
- Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages Wikipedia
- Blessed John Paul I Wikipedia
- Blessed Lavrentia Herasymiv Wikipedia
- Mariam Baouardy (Melkite Greek Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Melchizedek Wikipedia
- Our Lady of Częstochowa Wikipedia
- Simplicius, Constantius and Victorinus Wikipedia
- Teresa Jornet Ibars Wikipedia
- August 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 27
National and local
Religious feast days
- Baculus of Sorrento Wikipedia
- Caesarius of Arles Wikipedia
- David Lewis Wikipedia
- Decuman Wikipedia
- Gebhard of Constance Wikipedia
- Euthalia Wikipedia
- John of Pavia Wikipedia
- Lycerius (or: Glycerius, Lizier) Wikipedia
- Máel Ruba (or Rufus) (Scotland) Wikipedia
- Margaret the Barefooted Wikipedia
- Monica of Hippo, mother of Augustine of Hippo Wikipedia
- Narnus Wikipedia
- Our Lady of La Vang Wikipedia
- Phanourios of Rhodes Wikipedia
- Rufus and Carpophorus Wikipedia
- Syagrius of Autun Wikipedia
- Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 28
National and local
- National Grandparents Day (Mexico) Wikipedia
August 29
International
- International Day against Nuclear Tests Wikipedia
National and local
Religious feast days
- Adelphus of Metz Wikipedia
- Beheading of St. John the Baptist Wikipedia
- Bronislava of Poland Wikipedia
- Eadwold of Cerne Wikipedia
- Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice Wikipedia
- Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Jeanne Jugan Wikipedia
- John Bunyan (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- Sabina Wikipedia
- Blessed Teresa Bracco Wikipedia
- Vitalis, Sator and Repositus Wikipedia
- August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
August 30
International
- International Day of the Disappeared Wikipedia
- International Whale Shark Day
National and local
Religious feast days
- Alexander of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodoxy) Wikipedia
- Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster Wikipedia
- Blessed Eustáquio van Lieshout Wikipedia
- Blessed Stephen Nehmé (Maronite Church / Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Charles Chapman Grafton (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- Fantinus Wikipedia
- Felix and Adauctus Wikipedia
- Fiacre Wikipedia
- Blessed María Rafols Bruna Wikipedia
- Mary Ward Wikipedia
- Narcisa de Jesús Wikipedia
- Pammachius Wikipedia
- Theodosius of Oria Wikipedia
- August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
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