This list does not necessarily imply official status or general observance. Non-Gregorian: dates (All Baha'i, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at sundown before the listed date and end at sundown on the date in question unless otherwise noted.) •
List of observances set by the Bahá'í calendar •
List of observances set by the Chinese calendar •
List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar •
List of observances set by the Islamic calendar •
List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar Month-long • Women's Month (South Africa) • American Adventures Month (celebrates vacationing in the Americas) • Children's Eye Health and Safety Month • Digestive Tract Paralysis (DTP) Month • Get Ready for Kindergarten Month •
Happiness Happens Month • Month of Philippine Languages or Buwan ng Wika (Philippines) •
Neurosurgery Outreach Month •
Psoriasis Awareness Month •
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month • What Will Be Your Legacy Month
United States month-long • National Black Business Month • National Children's Vision and Learning Month • National
Immunization Awareness Month • National
Princess Peach Month • National Water Quality Month • National Win with Civility Month
Food months in the United States • National
Catfish Month • National
Dippin' Dots Month • National
Panini Month •
Peach Month (Australia) • Ugly Potato Day (Canada) • See also
Movable Western Christian observances • See also
Movable Eastern Christian observances Second to last Sunday in July and the following two weeks •
Construction Holiday (Quebec) 1st Saturday •
Food Day (Canada) •
Mead Day (United States) •
National Mustard Day (United States)
1st Sunday •
Air Force Day (
Ukraine) •
American Family Day (
Arizona, United States) •
Children's Day (
Uruguay) •
Friendship Day (United States) •
International Forgiveness Day •
Railway Workers' Day (Russia)
First full week of August • National Farmer's Market Week (United States)
1st Monday •
August Public Holiday (Ireland) •
Children's Day (
Tuvalu) •
Civic Holiday (Canada) •
British Columbia Day (
British Columbia, Canada) •
Natal Day (
Nova Scotia, Canada) •
New Brunswick Day (
New Brunswick, Canada) •
Saskatchewan Day (
Saskatchewan, Canada •
Terry Fox Day (
Manitoba, Canada) •
Commerce Day (
Iceland) •
Emancipation Day (
Anguilla,
Antigua,
The Bahamas,
British Virgin Islands,
Dominica,
Grenada,
Saint Kitts and Nevis) •
Farmer's Day (
Zambia) •
Kadooment Day (
Barbados) •
Labor Day (
Samoa) •
National Day (
Jamaica) •
Picnic Day (
Northern Territory, Australia) •
Somers' Day (
Bermuda) •
Youth Day (
Kiribati)
1st Tuesday •
National Night Out (United States)
1st Friday •
International Beer Day 2nd Saturday •
Sports Day (Russia)
Sunday on or closest to 9 August •
National Peacekeepers' Day (Canada)
2nd Sunday •
Children's Day (
Argentina, Chile,
Uruguay) •
Father's Day (Brazil,
Samoa) •
Melon Day (
Turkmenistan) •
Navy Day (
Bulgaria) •
National Day (Singapore)
2nd Monday •
Heroes' Day (
Zimbabwe) •
Victory Day (Hawaii and
Rhode Island, United States)
2nd Tuesday •
Defence Forces Day (
Zimbabwe)
3rd Saturday •
National Honey Bee Day (United States)
3rd Sunday •
Children's Day (
Argentina,
Peru) •
Grandparents Day (Hong Kong)
3rd Monday •
Discovery Day (
Yukon, Canada) •
Day of Hearts (
Haarlem and
Amsterdam, Netherlands) •
National Mourning Day (
Bangladesh)
3rd Friday •
Hawaii Admission Day (Hawaii, United States)
Last Thursday •
National Burger Day (United Kingdom)
Last Sunday •
Coal Miner's Day (some former
Soviet Union countries) •
National Grandparents Day (
Taiwan)
Last Monday •
Father's Day (
South Sudan) •
National Heroes' Day (
Philippines) •
Liberation Day (Hong Kong) •
Late Summer Bank Holiday (England,
Northern Ireland and
Wales)
Last Friday •
Wear it Purple Day (Australia)
Fixed Gregorian •
Season of Emancipation (
Barbados) (14 April to 23 August) •
International Clown Week (1–7 August) •
World Breastfeeding Week (1–7 August) • 1 August •
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) •
National Milkshake Day (United States) •
Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (
Tonga) •
Pachamama Raymi (
Quechua people in Ecuador and
Peru) •
Parents' Day (
Democratic Republic of the Congo) •
Procession of the Cross and the beginning of
Dormition Fast (
Eastern Orthodoxy) •
Statehood Day (Colorado) •
Swiss National Day (Switzerland) •
Victory Day (
Cambodia,
Laos,
Vietnam) •
World Scout Scarf Day •
Yorkshire Day (
Yorkshire, England) • August 2 •
Airmobile Forces Day (
Ukraine) •
Day of Azerbaijani cinema (
Azerbaijan) •
Our Lady of the Angels Day (
Costa Rica) •
Paratroopers Day (Russia) •
Republic Day (North Macedonia) • August 3 •
Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (
Guinea-Bissau) •
Armed Forces Day (
Equatorial Guinea) •
Esther Day (United States) •
Flag Day (Venezuela) •
Independence Day (Niger) •
Arbor Day (Niger) •
National Guard Day (
Venezuela) •
National Watermelon Day (United States) •
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) •
Independence Day (Burkina Faso) •
National Underwear Day (United States) •
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia) • August 6 •
Feast of the Transfiguration •
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's
Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates) •
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (
Hiroshima, Japan) •
Independence Day (Bolivia) •
Independence Day (Jamaica) •
Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia) • August 7 •
Assyrian Martyrs Day (
Assyrian community) •
Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia) •
Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis) •
Independence Day (Ivory Coast) •
Republic Day (Ivory Coast) •
Youth Day (Kiribati) • August 8 •
Ceasefire Day (
Iraqi Kurdistan) •
Father's Day (Taiwan) •
Happiness Happens Day (
International observance) •
International Cat Day •
Namesday of Queen Silvia of Sweden, (Sweden) •
Nane Nane Day (Tanzania) •
Signal Troops Day (Ukraine) • August 9 •
Battle of Gangut Day (Russia) •
International Day of the World's Indigenous People (United Nations) •
National Day (Singapore) •
National Women's Day (South Africa) •
Remembrance for Radbod, King of the Frisians (
The Troth) • 10 August •
Argentine Air Force Day (
Argentina) •
Constitution Day (
Anguilla) •
Declaration of Independence of Quito (
Ecuador) •
International Biodiesel Day •
National S'more Day (United States) • 11 August •
Flag Day (Pakistan) •
Independence Day (Chad) •
Mountain Day (Japan) • 12 August •
Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom) •
HM the Queen's Birthday and
National Mother's Day (Thailand) •
International Youth Day (United Nations) •
Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia) •
Sea Org Day (
Scientology) •
World Elephant Day • 13 August •
Independence Day (Central African Republic) •
International Lefthanders Day •
National Filet Mignon Day (United States) •
Women's Day (Tunisia) • 14 August •
Anniversary Day (
Tristan da Cunha) •
Commemoration of Wadi al-Dahab (Morocco) •
Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland (Abkhazia) •
Engineer's Day (Dominican Republic) •
Falklands Day (Falkland Islands) •
Independence Day (Pakistan) •
National Creamsicle Day (United States) •
National Navajo Code Talkers Day (United States) •
Pramuka Day (Indonesia) • 15 August •
Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary (
Catholic 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,
Oriental Orthodox and
Eastern Catholic Churches) •
Navy Day (
Romania) •
Armed Forces Day (Poland) • The first day of
Flooding of the Nile, or
Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and
Coptic Church) • The main day of
Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances: •
Awa Dance Festival (
Tokushima Prefecture) •
Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea) •
End-of-war Memorial Day, when the
National Memorial Service for War Dead is held. (Japan) •
Founding of Asunción (Paraguay) •
Independence Day (Korea) •
Gwangbokjeol (South Korea) •
Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea) •
Independence Day (India) •
Independence Day (Republic of the Congo) •
National Day (Liechtenstein) •
Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom) •
National Lemon Meringue Pie Day (United States) • 16 August •
Bennington Battle Day (
Vermont, United States) •
Children's Day (Paraguay) •
Gozan no Okuribi (
Kyoto, Japan) • The first day of the
Independence Days (Gabon) •
National Airborne Day (United States) •
National Rum Day (United States) •
Restoration Day (Dominican Republic) • 17 August •
The Birthday of Marcus Garvey (
Rastafari) •
Engineer's Day (Colombia) •
Flag Day (Bolivia) •
Independence Day (Indonesia) •
Independence Days (Gabon) •
National Vanilla Custard Day (United States) •
Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia) •
San Martin Day (Argentina) • 18 August •
Arbor Day (
Pakistan) •
Armed Forces Day (
North Macedonia) •
Birthday of Virginia Dare (
Roanoke Island) •
Constitution Day (
Indonesia) •
Long Tan Day (Australia) •
National Science Day (
Thailand) • 19 August •
Feast of the Transfiguration (
Julian calendar), and its related observances: •
Buhe (
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church) •
Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known as the "
Apples Feast" (
Russian Orthodox Church and
Georgian Orthodox Church) •
Afghan Independence Day (Afghanistan) •
August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam) •
Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway) •
Manuel Luis Quezón Day (
Quezon City and other places in The Philippines named after
Manuel L. Quezon) •
National Aviation Day (United States) •
National Potato Day (United States) •
World Humanitarian Day • 20 August •
Indian Akshay Urja Day (India) •
Restoration of Independence Day (Estonia) •
Revolution of the King and People (Morocco) •
Saint Stephen's Day (Hungary) •
World Mosquito Day • 21 August •
Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines) •
Youth Day/
King Mohammed VI's Birthday (Morocco) • 22 August • Feast of the
Coronation of Mary •
Flag Day (Russia) •
Madras Day (
Chennai and
Tamil Nadu, India) •
National Eat a Peach Day (United States) •
National Pecan Torte Day (United States) • 23 August •
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: •
Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day (Romania) •
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition •
Umhlanga Day (Eswatini) • 24 August •
Flag Day (Liberia) •
Independence Day of Ukraine •
International Strange Music Day •
National Waffle Day (United States) •
Nostalgia Night (Uruguay) •
Willka Raymi (
Cusco, Peru) • 25 August •
Day of Songun (North Korea) •
Independence Day (Uruguay) •
Liberation Day (France) •
National Banana Split Day (United States) •
National Whiskey Sour Day (United States) •
Soldier's Day (Brazil) • 26 August •
Herero Day (Namibia) •
Heroes' Day (Namibia) •
Repentance Day (Papua New Guinea) •
Women's Equality Day (United States) • 27 August •
Film and Movies Day (Russia) •
Independence Day of the Republic of Moldova •
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (
Texas, United States) •
National Banana Lovers Day (United States) •
National Pots De Creme Day (United States) • 28 August •
Assumption of Mary (
Eastern Orthodox Church (Public holiday in North Macedonia, Serbia, and
Georgia (country)) •
Crackers of the Keyboard Day •
National Cherry Turnover Day (United States) • 29 August •
International Day against Nuclear Tests •
Miners' Day (Ukraine) •
More Herbs, Less Salt Day •
National Lemon Juice Day (United States) •
National Chop Suey Day (United States) •
National Sports Day (India) •
Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia) •
Telugu Language Day (India) • 30 August •
Constitution Day (Kazakhstan) •
Constitution Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) •
Independence Day (
Tatarstan, Russia, unrecognized) •
International Day of the Disappeared (
International) •
Popular Consultation Day (East Timor) •
Saint Rose of Lima's Day (Peru) •
Victory Day (Turkey) • 31 August •
Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (
Balochs and
Pashtuns,
International observance) •
Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland) •
Independence Day (
Federation of Malaya, Malaysia) •
Independence Day (Kyrgyzstan) •
Independence Day (Trinidad and Tobago) •
National Trail Mix Day (United States) •
North Borneo Self-government Day (
Sabah,
Borneo) •
Romanian Language Day (Romania,
Moldova, Ukraine) == References ==