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National Women's Day is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in …
National Women's Day (South Africa)
An Armed Forces Day, alongside its branch-specific variants often referred to as Army or Soldier's Day, Navy or Sailor's Day, and Air Force or Aviator's Day, is a holiday dedicated…
Argentine Air Force Day (Argentina)
Geraint is a character from Welsh folklore and Arthurian legend, a valiant warrior possibly related to the historical Geraint, an early 8th-century king of Dumnonia. It is also the…
Christian feast day: Geraint of Dumnonia
Saint Lawrence or Laurence was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians ordered by the Roman emperor…
Christian feast day: Lawrence of Rome
Nicola Saggio was an Italian Roman Catholic professed oblate of the Order of Minims.
Christian feast day: Nicola Saggio
August 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 11
Christian feast day: August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The national public holidays in Ecuador include:
Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence was finally…
Biodiesel is a renewable biofuel, a form of diesel fuel, derived from biological sources like vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled greases, and consisting of long-chain fatty a…
International Biodiesel Day
The following table indicates declared Indonesian government national holidays. Cultural variants also provide opportunity for holidays tied to local events. Beside official hol…
National Veterans Day (Indonesia)
Our Lady of the Good Event of Parañaque (Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Parañaque; Filipino: Ina ng Mabuting Pangyayari ng Parañaque is the name of a statue of the Mado…
Christian feast day: Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines
World Lion Day is an international annual event on August 10, dedicated to raising awareness and support for the conservation of lions. Conceived by conservationists Rae Kokeš and …
World Lion Day
Civic Holiday is a public holiday in Canada celebrated on the first Monday in August.
Civic Holiday (Canada)
Athracht is the patron saint of the parish of Locha Techet and Tourlestrane, County Sligo, Ireland. She was a sister of Bishop Conal of Drumconnell. Her feast day is 11 August.
Christian Feast Day: Athracht
Chiara Offreduccio, known as Clare of Assisi, is an Italian saint who was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi.
Christian Feast Day: Clare of Assisi
Saint Gaugericus, in French Saint Géry was a bishop of Cambrai, France.
Christian Feast Day: Gaugericus
John Henry Newman was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He was an important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th…
Christian Feast Day: John Henry Newman (Church of England)
John Sandys was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987, and is commemorated on 11 August.
Christian Feast Day: Blessed John Sandys and Stephen Rowsham
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian Feast Day: Blessed Maurice Tornay
Philomena, also known as Saint Philomena or Philomena of Rome was a Greek virgin martyr whose remains were discovered on 24–25 May 1802, in the Catacomb of Priscilla. Three tiles e…
Christian Feast Day: Philomena
Susanna of Rome was a Christian martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution. Her existing hagiography, written between about 450 and 500 AD, is of no historical value and the relations …
Christian Feast Day: Susanna
Taurinus of Évreux, also known as Taurin, is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. His legend states that he was the first bishop of Évreux. He evangelized the region and di…
Christian Feast Day: Taurinus of Évreux
Tiburtius, according to Christian legend, was a Christian martyr and saint. His feast day is 11 August which is the same as Saint Susanna. The two were not related, but are sometim…
Christian Feast Day: Tiburtius and Chromatius
August 10 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 12
Christian Feast Day: August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
A flag day is a flag-related holiday, a day designated for flying a certain flag or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event such as a nation's adoption of its flag.
Flag Day (Pakistan)