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, 1886
Day of Week 31st » An Charleston earthquake e.g earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1886
2nd » John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1961)
3rd » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1964)
6th » Edward Ballantine, American composer and educator (d. 1971)
12th » Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (d. 1952)
15th » Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
18th » Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (d. 1962)
20th » Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian (d. 1965)
21st » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet (d. 1988)
27th » Rebecca Clarke (composer) or Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (d. 1979)
27th » Eric Coates, English viola player and composer (d. 1957)
Famous Deaths for August 1886
4th » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
9th » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
11th » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)