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, 1834
Day of Week 1st » Slavery in the British Isles e.g Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1834
2nd » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (d. 1904)
4th » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923)
22nd » Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1906)
31st » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator (d. 1886)
Famous Deaths for August 1834
7th » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
17th » Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak general (b. 1802)