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Month August 1868 Calendar

About Month of August Calendar

  • 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, 1868

  • Day of Week 13th » A 1868 Arica earthquake called massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
  • Day of Week 18th » French astronomy known as astronomer Pierre Janssen Timeline of chemical element discoveries called discovers helium.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1868

  • 2nd » Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)
  • 5th » Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer (d. 1924)
  • 6th » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (d. 1955)
  • 7th » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician (d. 1931)
  • 10th » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman (d. 1954)
  • 16th » Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications (d. 1955)
  • 20th » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (d. 1954)
  • 23rd » Edgar Lee Masters, American author (d. 1950)
  • 27th » Hong Beom-do, Korean general and activist (d. 1943)

Famous Deaths for August 1868

  • 5th » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
  • 11th » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (b. 1815)

Calendar for the year 1868 and a calender for the month of August

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