August

See August (album) for the album by Eric Clapton.


Jul – August – Sep
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2004 day arrangement
All days

August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. Named in honor of Augustus Caesar. The month reputedly has 31 days because Augustus wanted as many days as Julius Caesar's July. Augustus placed the month where it is because that's when Cleopatra died. Before Augustus renamed August, it was called Sextilis in Latin, since it was the sixth month in the Roman calendar which started in March.

In Ireland, (in the Irish language) August is known as Lúnasa, a modern rendition of Lughnasadh, named after the god Lugh and August 1, (Lá Lúnasa) in the Irish Calendar is still regarded as the first day of Autumn. The first Monday in August is one of the Public Holidays in the Republic of Ireland.

Trivia

  • August begins on the same day of the week as February in a leap year.

See also


January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December




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