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=== Fixed Gregorian === * [[Emancipation Day|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 (China)]] ** [[Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)]] ** [[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)]] ** [[List of food days#August|National Milkshake Day]] ([[United States]]) ** [[Culture of Tonga#Public Holidays|Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga]] ([[Tonga]]) ** [[Pachamama Raymi]] ([[Quechua people]] in [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]]) ** [[Public holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Parents' Day]] ([[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]) ** [[Feast of the Cross#August 1|Procession of the Cross]] and the beginning of [[Dormition of the Theotokos#Dormition fast|Dormition Fast]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]]) ** [[Statehood Day (Colorado)]] ** [[Swiss National Day]] ([[Switzerland]]) ** [[Victory Day]] ([[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]]) ** [[Scouts' Day#World Scout Scarf Day|World Scout Scarf Day]] ** [[Yorkshire Day]] ([[Yorkshire]], [[England]]) * [[August 2]] ** [[Armed Forces of Ukraine#Military holidays|Airmobile Forces Day]] ([[Ukraine]]) ** [[Cinema of Azerbaijan|Day of Azerbaijani cinema]] ([[Azerbaijan]]) ** [[Virgen de los Ángeles|Our Lady of the Angels Day]] ([[Costa Rica]]) ** [[Armed Forces Day#Russian Federation|Paratroopers Day]] ([[Russia]]) ** [[Republic Day (North Macedonia)]] * [[August 3]] ** [[Public holidays in Guinea-Bissau|Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti]] ([[Guinea-Bissau]]) ** [[Public holidays in Equatorial Guinea|Armed Forces Day]] ([[Equatorial Guinea]]) ** [[Esther Earl#Esther Day|Esther Day]] ([[United States]]) ** [[Flag Day (Venezuela)]] ** [[Independence Day (Niger)]] *** [[Arbor Day]] (Niger) ** [[Armed Forces Day#Venezuela|National Guard Day]] ([[Venezuela]]) ** [[List of food days#August|National Watermelon Day]] ([[United States]]) ** [[List of food days#August|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]] ([[Catholic Church]]) ** [[Public holidays in Burkina Faso|Independence Day]] (Burkina Faso) ** [[Freshpair#National Underwear Day|National Underwear Day]] (United States) ** [[Victory Day (Croatia)|Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders]] (Croatia) * [[August 6]] ** [[Feast of the Transfiguration]] ** [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan|Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]]'s [[Accession Day]]. (United Arab Emirates) ** [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony]] ([[Hiroshima]], Japan) ** [[Public holidays in Bolivia|Independence Day]] (Bolivia) ** [[Public holidays in Jamaica|Independence Day]] (Jamaica) ** [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Russian Railway Troops Day]] (Russia) * [[August 7]] ** [[Assyrian culture#Premta d-Simele; Martyr's Day|Assyrian Martyrs Day]] ([[Assyrian people|Assyrian community]]) ** [[Public holidays in Colombia|Battle of Boyacá Day]] (Colombia) ** [[Public holidays in Saint Kitts and Nevis|Emancipation Day]] (Saint Kitts and Nevis) ** [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] (Ivory Coast) ** [[Republic Day]] (Ivory Coast) ** [[Youth Day]] (Kiribati) * [[August 8]] ** [[Public holidays in Iraq|Ceasefire Day]] ([[Iraqi Kurdistan]]) ** [[Father's Day]] (Taiwan) ** [[Happiness Happens Day]] ([[International observance]]) ** [[National Cat Day|International Cat Day]] ** [[Flag flying days in Sweden|Namesday of Queen Silvia of Sweden]], (Sweden) ** [[Nane Nane Day]] (Tanzania) ** [[Armed Forces of Ukraine#Military holidays|Signal Troops Day]] (Ukraine) * [[August 9]] ** [[Days of Military Honour|Battle of Gangut Day]] (Russia) ** [[International Day of the World's Indigenous People]] ([[United Nations]]) ** [[National Day (Singapore)]] ** [[National Women's Day]] (South Africa) ** [[Ásatrú holidays#The Troth|Remembrance for Radbod, King of the Frisians]] ([[The Troth]]) * [[August 10]] ** [[Armed Forces Day#Argentina|Argentine Air Force Day]] ([[Argentina]]) ** [[Public holidays in Anguilla|Constitution Day]] ([[Anguilla]]) ** [[Public holidays in Ecuador|Declaration of Independence of Quito]] ([[Ecuador]]) ** [[Biodiesel#Historical background|International Biodiesel Day]] ** [[List of food days#August|National S'more Day]] ([[United States]]) * [[August 11]] ** [[Flag Day]] (Pakistan) ** [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] (Chad) ** [[Mountain Day]] (Japan) * [[August 12]] ** [[Glorious Twelfth]] (United Kingdom) ** [[Sirikit|HM the Queen's Birthday]] and [[Mother's Day|National Mother's Day]] (Thailand) ** [[International Youth Day]] ([[United Nations]]) ** [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Russian Railway Troops Day]] (Russia) ** [[Sea Org Day]] ([[Scientology]]) ** [[World Elephant Day]] * [[August 13]] ** [[Public holidays in the Central African Republic|Independence Day]] (Central African Republic) ** [[International Lefthanders Day]] ** [[List of food days#August|National Filet Mignon Day]] ([[United States]]) ** [[Women in Tunisia|Women's Day]] (Tunisia) * [[August 14]] ** [[Public holidays in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Anniversary Day]] ([[Tristan da Cunha]]) ** [[Public holidays in Morocco|Commemoration of Wadi al-Dahab]] (Morocco) ** [[Public holidays in Abkhazia|Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland]] (Abkhazia) ** [[Engineer's Day]] (Dominican Republic) ** [[Falklands Day]] (Falkland Islands) ** [[Independence Day (Pakistan)]] ** [[List of food days#August|National Creamsicle Day]] ([[United States]]) ** [[National Navajo Code Talkers Day]] (United States) ** [[Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia|Pramuka Day]] (Indonesia) * [[August 15]] ** [[Assumption of Mary|Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary]] ([[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Holy day of obligation|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]]) *** [[Virgin of Candelaria]], patron of the [[Canary Islands]]. ([[Tenerife]], Spain) ** Feast of the [[Dormition of the Theotokos]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]] and [[Eastern Catholic Churches]]) *** [[Navy Day#Romania|Navy Day]] ([[Romania]]) ** [[Armed Forces Day (Poland)]] ** The first day of [[Flooding of the Nile]], or ''Wafaa El-Nil'' (Egypt and [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Church]]) ** The main day of [[Bon Festival]] (Japan), and its related observances: *** [[Awa Dance Festival]] ([[Tokushima Prefecture]]) ** [[Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)]] ** [[Shūsen-kinenbi|End-of-war Memorial Day]], when the [[National Memorial Service for War Dead]] is held. (Japan) ** [[Founding of Asunción]] (Paraguay) ** [[Gwangbokjeol|Independence Day (Korea)]] *** [[Gwangbokjeol]] (South Korea) *** [[Gwangbokjeol|Jogukhaebangui nal]], "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea) ** [[Independence Day (India)]] ** [[Independence Day (Republic of the Congo)]] ** [[Public holidays in Liechtenstein|National Day]] (Liechtenstein) ** [[Victory over Japan Day]] (United Kingdom) ** [[List of food days#August|National Lemon Meringue Pie Day]] ([[United States]]) * [[August 16]] ** [[Bennington Battle Day]] ([[Vermont]], United States) ** [[Children's Day#Paraguay|Children's Day]] (Paraguay) ** [[Gozan no Okuribi]] ([[Kyoto]], Japan) ** The first day of the [[Public holidays in Gabon|Independence Days]] (Gabon) ** [[National Airborne Day]] (United States) ** [[List of food days#August|National Rum Day]] ([[United States]]) ** [[List of holidays by country#Dominican Republic|Restoration Day]] (Dominican Republic) * [[August 17]] ** [[Rastafari#Grounding|The Birthday of Marcus Garvey]] ([[Rastafari]]) ** [[Engineer's Day]] (Colombia) ** [[Flag Day]] (Bolivia) ** [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] (Indonesia) ** [[List of national independence days|Independence Days]] (Gabon) ** [[List of food days#August|National Vanilla Custard Day]] (United States) ** [[Public holidays in Slovenia|Prekmurje Union Day]] (Slovenia) ** [[Public holidays in Argentina|San Martin Day]] (Argentina) * [[August 18]] ** [[Arbor Day#Pakistan|Arbor Day]] ([[Pakistan]]) ** [[Armed Forces Day#North Macedonia|Armed Forces Day]] ([[North Macedonia]]) ** [[Virginia Dare#Tourism and advertising|Birthday of Virginia Dare]] ([[Roanoke Island]]) ** [[Constitution Day]] ([[Indonesia]]) ** [[Battle of Long Tan|Long Tan Day]] ([[Australia]]) ** [[Public holidays in Thailand#National observances|National Science Day]] ([[Thailand]]) * [[August 19]] ** [[Feast of the Transfiguration]] ([[Julian calendar]]), and its related observances: *** [[Buhe]] ([[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]]) *** [[Transfiguration of Jesus|Saviour's Transfiguration]], popularly known as the "[[Savior of the Apple Feast Day|Apples Feast]]" ([[Russian Orthodox Church]] and [[Georgian Orthodox Church]]) ** [[Afghan Independence Day]] (Afghanistan) ** [[Public holidays in Vietnam|August Revolution Commemoration Day]] (Vietnam) ** [[Flag flying days in Norway|Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit]] (Norway) ** [[Public holidays in the Philippines|Manuel Luis Quezón Day]] ([[Quezon City]] and other places in The Philippines named after [[Manuel L. Quezon]]) ** [[National Aviation Day]] (United States) ** [[List of food days#August|National Potato Day]] (United States) ** [[World Humanitarian Day]] * [[August 20]] ** [[Indian Akshay Urja Day]] (India) ** [[List of national independence days|Restoration of Independence Day]] (Estonia) ** [[Public holidays in Morocco|Revolution of the King and People]] (Morocco) ** [[Public holidays in Hungary|Saint Stephen's Day]] (Hungary) ** [[World Mosquito Day]] * [[August 21]] ** [[Ninoy Aquino Day]] (Philippines) ** [[Youth Day]]/[[Mohammed VI of Morocco|King Mohammed VI]]'s Birthday (Morocco) * [[August 22]] ** Feast of the [[Coronation of Mary]] ** [[Flag Day]] (Russia) ** [[Madras Day]] ([[Chennai]] and [[Tamil Nadu]], India) ** [[List of food days|National Eat a Peach Day]] (United States) ** [[List of food days|National Pecan Torte Day]] (United States) * [[August 23]] ** [[Days of Military Honour|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: *** [[King Michael's Coup|Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day]] (Romania) ** [[International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition]] ** [[Umhlanga (ceremony)|Umhlanga Day]] (Eswatini) * [[August 24]] ** [[Public holidays in Liberia|Flag Day]] (Liberia) ** [[Independence Day of Ukraine]] ** [[Patrick Grant (composer)|International Strange Music Day]] ** [[Waffle Day|National Waffle Day]] (United States) ** [[Nostalgia Night]] (Uruguay) ** [[Willka Raymi]] ([[Cusco]], Peru) * [[August 25]] ** [[Public holidays in North Korea|Day of Songun]] (North Korea) ** [[Public holidays in Uruguay|Independence Day]] (Uruguay) ** [[Liberation Day]] (France) ** [[List of food days#August|National Banana Split Day]] (United States) ** [[List of food days#August|National Whiskey Sour Day]] (United States) ** [[Army Day#Brazil|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 of the Republic of Moldova]] ** [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Day]] ([[Texas]], United States) ** [[List of food days#August|National Banana Lovers Day]] (United States) ** [[List of food days#August|National Pots De Creme Day]] (United States) * [[August 28]] ** [[Assumption of Mary]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]] (Public holiday in North Macedonia, Serbia, and [[Georgia (country)]]) ** [[List of food days#August|Crackers of the Keyboard Day]] ** [[List of food days#August|National Cherry Turnover Day]] ([[United States]]) * [[August 29]] ** [[International Day against Nuclear Tests]] ** [[Public holidays in Ukraine|Miners' Day]] (Ukraine) ** [[List of food days#August|More Herbs, Less Salt Day]] ** [[List of food days#August|National Lemon Juice Day]] (United States) ** [[List of food days#August|National Chop Suey Day]] (United States) ** [[National Sports Day]] (India) ** [[Public holidays in Slovakia|Slovak National Uprising Anniversary]] (Slovakia) ** [[Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty|Telugu Language Day]] (India) * [[August 30]] ** [[Kazakhstan#Public holidays|Constitution Day]] (Kazakhstan) ** [[National Day|Constitution Day]] (Turks and Caicos Islands) ** [[Independence Day]] ([[Tatarstan]], Russia, unrecognized) ** [[International Day of the Disappeared]] ([[International observance|International]]) ** [[Culture of East Timor#Public holidays|Popular Consultation Day]] (East Timor) ** [[Saint Rose of Lima's Day]] (Peru) ** [[Victory Day (Turkey)]] * [[August 31]] ** [[Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day]] ([[Baloch people|Baloch]]s and [[Pashtuns]], [[International observance]]) ** [[Public holidays in Poland|Day of Solidarity and Freedom]] (Poland) ** [[Independence Day (Malaysia)|Independence Day]] ([[Federation of Malaya]], Malaysia) ** [[Independence Day (Kyrgyzstan)]] ** [[Public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago|Independence Day]] (Trinidad and Tobago) ** [[List of food days#August|National Trail Mix Day]] (United States) ** [[North Borneo Self-government Day]] ([[Sabah]], [[Borneo]]) ** [[Romanian Language Day]] (Romania, [[Moldova]])
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