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gustCalendar }} August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. Named in honor of Augustus Caesar. The month reputedly has 31 days because Augustus wanted as many days as Julius Caesar's July. Augustus placed the month where it is because that's when Cleopatra died. Before Augustus renamed August, it was called Sextilis in Latin, since it was the sixth month in the Roman calendar which started in March.

In Ireland, (in the Irish language) August is known as Lúnasa, a modern rendition of Lughnasadh, named after the god LughThe God Lugh whose name means "shining one" is a Celtic sun god. He is handsome, perpetually youthful, and full of life and energy. This energy manifests itself especially in the number of skills he has, according to legend, mastered. He was the patron go and August 1Some entries on this page have been duplicates from June 28. The correct dates for such events need to be determined. August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. Events 527 Justinian I, (Lá Lúnasa) in the Irish Calendar is still regarded as the first day of AutumnWestonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, England. Autumn (also called fall in American English; in England that usage was once standard, but has now become archaic) is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition between summer and winter. In the tempe. The first Monday in August is one of the public holidays in the Republic of IrelandThe Public Holidays of the Republic of Ireland (see Irish calendar) are; 1. New Year's Day, January 1 2. Patrick's Day, March 17 3. Easter Monday, date varies 4. First Monday of May 5. First Monday of June (formerly observed on Whit Monday) 6. First Monda.

1 Trivia

• August begins on the same day of the week as February in a leap year.

• August's flowerA flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). The function of a flower is to produce seeds through sexual reproduction''. For the higher plants, seeds are the next generation, and is the poppyFor the video game character, see Poppy (video game character). cemetery, France. Poppies are often seen as a symbol of World War I A poppy is an annual, biennial, or perennial plant of the Family Papaveraceae, typically with showy flowers borne one per s.
• August's birthstoneA birthstone is a gemstone or other semi-precious stone which is associated with a month of the Gregorian Calendar. There is no particular connection between the stones and the months, but they are often used as a way to "personalize" jewelry, taking the is the peridot.

2 See also

• Historical anniversaries