Editing August 17 (section)

==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Beatrice of Silva|Saint Beatrice of Silva]]
**[[Clare of Montefalco|Saint Clare of Montefalco]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=2015-11-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-567-66456-3 |page=145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kE6TCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA145}}</ref>
**[[Hyacinth of Poland|Saint Hyacinth of Poland]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Hyacinth of Poland |url=https://dominicans.ie/saint-hyacinth-of-poland/ |website=dominicans.ie |date=17 August 2010 |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>
**[[Jeanne Delanoue|Saint Jeanne Delanoue]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howell |first1=Kenneth J. |last2=Crownwood |first2=Joseph |title=Mystery of the Altar: Daily Meditations on the Eucharist |date=2021-01-29 |publisher=Emmaus Road Publishing |isbn=978-1-949013-71-9 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-MXEAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA108}}</ref>
**[[Mammes of Caesarea|Saint Mammes of Caesarea]]
**[[Samuel Johnson (American educator)|Samuel Johnson]], [[Timothy Cutler]], and [[Thomas Bradbury Chandler]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Publishing |first1=Church |title=A Great Cloud of Witnesses |date=2016-10-01 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-0-89869-963-0 |page=419 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT419}}</ref>
**[[August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Engineer's Day]] ([[Colombia]])
*[[Independence Day (Indonesia)|Independence Day]], celebrates the [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|independence proclamation]] of [[Indonesia]] from Japan in 1945.