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, 1820
Day of Week 24th » Constitutionalism Constitutionalist History of Portugal Crises of the nineteenth century insurrection at Porto Oporto, Portugal.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1820
2nd » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and mountaineer (d. 1893)
13th » George Grove, English musicologist and historian (d. 1900)
16th » Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1892)
Famous Deaths for August 1820
28th » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754)