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Samuel Johnson was a clergyman, educator, linguist, encyclopedist, historian, and philosopher in colonial America. He was a major proponent of both Anglicanism and the philosophies…
Christian feast day: Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler (Episcopal Church)
August 16 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 18
Christian feast day: August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Engineer's Day is observed in several countries on various dates of the year.
Engineer's Day (Colombia)
The Independence Day of Indonesia is a national holiday in Indonesia commemorating the anniversary of Indonesia's proclamation of independence from the Netherlands on 17 August 194…
Independence Day, celebrates the independence proclamation of Indonesia from Japan in 1945.
Agapitus is venerated as a martyr saint, who died on August 18, perhaps in 274, a date that the latest editions of the Roman Martyrology say is uncertain.
Christian feast day: Agapitus of Palestrina
Alberto Hurtado, SJ, popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation …
Christian feast day: Alberto Hurtado
Saint Daig was an Irish Christian bishop and confessor of Inis-Caoin-Deagha, who lived towards the end of the 6th century. His name in Gaelic means "A great flame" and he was proba…
Christian feast day: Daig of Inniskeen
Saint Inan (Evan) was the patron saint of Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, where he is said to have resided during the 9th century AD. He is reputed to have come as a monk of the Celtic…
Christian feast day: Evan (or Inan)
Fiacre is the name of three different Irish saints, the most famous of which is Fiacre of Breuil, the priest, abbot, hermit, and gardener of the seventh century who was famous for …
Christian feast day: Fiacre
Saints Florus and Laurus are venerated as Christian martyrs of the 2nd century. According to a Greek tale, they were twin brothers who worked as stonemasons. They were originally f…
Christian feast day: Florus and Laurus
August 17 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 19
Christian feast day: August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Arbor Day is a secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the…
Arbor Day (Pakistan)
Flavia Julia Helena, also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, was a Greek Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great…
Christian feast day: Helena of Constantinople (Roman Catholic Church)
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…
Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)
Virginia Dare was the first English child to be born in an American English colony. She was born to members of the Roanoke Colony.
Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)
The following table indicates declared Indonesian government national holidays. Cultural variants also provide opportunity for holidays tied to local events. Beside official hol…
Constitution Day (Indonesia)
The Battle of Long Tan took place in a rubber plantation near Long Tân, in Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The action was fought between Viet Cong (VC) a…
Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)
Public holidays in Thailand are regulated by the government, and most are observed by both the public and private sectors. There are usually nineteen public holidays in a year, b…
National Science Day (Thailand)
Afghan Independence Day, locally known as Afghan Liberation Day, is celebrated as a national holiday in Afghanistan on 19 August to commemorate the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 and …
Afghan Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain (Afghanistan)
Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among the lowest in the region. O…
August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam)
Bernardo Tolomei was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto. In the Roman Martyrology he is commemorated on 20 August…
Christian Feast Day: Bernardo Tolomei
Bertulf was the third abbot of the monastery of Bobbio.
Christian Feast Day: Bertulf of Bobbio
Calminius, also known as Calmin, founded three French abbeys in the 6th or 7th centuries AD: Mozac Abbey, in Puy-de-Dôme; Laguenne Abbey and the abbey of Monastier-Saint-Chaffre. H…
Christian Feast Day: Saint Calminius
Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pasto from 1895 to 1906. He was a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and previously served …
Christian Feast Day: Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz