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An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state…
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Chad from France in 1960.
Mountain Day refers to three different and unrelated events: (1) Mountain Day, a student celebration in some colleges in the United States in which classes are cancelled without pr…
Mountain Day (Japan)
Euplius (Euplus) is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.
Christian feast day: Euplius
Eusebius was Archbishop of Milan from 449 to 462. He is honoured as a saint and his feast day is 12 August.
Christian feast day: Eusebius of Milan
Saint Herculanus of Brescia was a bishop of Brescia.
Christian feast day: Herculanus of Brescia
Pope Innocent XI, born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 until his death on 12 August 1689.
Christian feast day: Pope Innocent XI
Jænberht was a medieval monk, and later the abbot, of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, who was named Archbishop of Canterbury in 765. As archbishop, he had a difficult relationshi…
Christian feast day: Jænberht
Jane Frances de Chantal, VHM was a French Catholic noble widow and nun who was beatified in 1751 and canonized in 1767. She founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. The re…
Christian feast day: Jane Frances de Chantal
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 Karl Leisner
Saint Muiredach mac Echdach, also known as Murtagh, was the founding Bishop of Killala, Ireland in the 6th century.
Christian feast day: Muiredach (or Murtagh)
Porcarius II, in French Porchaire II or Porcaire II, was a Benedictine abbot who governed the Abbey of Lérins at a time when the monastery included over 500 monks.
Christian feast day: Porcarius II
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 Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina
August 11 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 13
Christian feast day: August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The Glorious Twelfth is the twelfth day of August, signifying the start of the shooting season for red grouse in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with the ptarmigan also being h…
Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom)
Sirikit was Queen of Thailand from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 as the wife and distant cousin of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
HM the Queen Mother's Birthday and National Mother's Day (Thailand)
International Youth Day (IYD) is an awareness day designated by the United Nations that takes place on August 12.
International Youth Day (United Nations)
Russian Air Force Day is a professional military holiday of Russia celebrated on 12 August to honor the active and reserve personnel, as well as veterans of the Russian Aerospace F…
Russian Air Force Day (Russia)
The Sea Organization or Sea Org is the senior-most status of staff within the Church of Scientology network of corporations, but it is not itself incorporated. In the 1960s and 197…
Sea Org Day (Scientology)
World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants. Conceived in 2011 by Canadian filmmakers Pa…
World Elephant Day (International)
Benedetto Sinigardi, also known as Fra Benedetto di Arezzo or Sinigardi di Arezzo was a Franciscan friar, and is considered to be the author of the Angelus prayer.
Christian feast day: Benedetto Sinigardi
Benildus Romançon, F.S.C. was a French schoolteacher and member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools who was declared a saint by the Catholic Church in 1967. His feast day is 1…
Christian feast day: Benildus Romançon
Cassian, or Saint Cassian of Imola, or Cassius was a Christian saint of the 4th century. His feast day is August 13.
Christian feast day: Cassian of Imola
Clara Louise Maass was an American nurse who died as a result of volunteering for medical experiments to study yellow fever.
Christian feast day: Clara Maass (Lutheran Church)
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 Gertrude of Aldenberg