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, 1873
Day of Week 4th » American Indian Wars: While protecting a Rail transport railroad survey party in Montana, the 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States) United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant colonel (United States) Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for t
Day of Week 23rd » Albert Bridge, London e.g Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
Day of Week 30th » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1873
15th » Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942)
17th » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946)
19th » Fred Stone, American actor and producer (d. 1959)
20th » Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (d. 1950)
22nd » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
26th » Lee de Forest, American inventor, invented the Audion tube (d. 1961)