August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.
August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).
Historical Events for August, 1183
Day of Week 14th » Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the Imperial Regalia of Japan named three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan (traditional Japanese calendar known as Japanese date: Twent