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, 1791
Day of Week 4th » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
Day of Week 7th » American troops destroy the Miami people known as Miami town of Battle of Kenapacomaqua known as Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
Day of Week 22nd » Beginning of the Haitian Haitian Revolution or Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue.
Day of Week 26th » John Fitch (inventor) e.g John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
Day of Week 30th » HMS Pandora 1779 6 sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day.
Famous Deaths for August 1791
16th » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)