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Dates when the Norwegian state flag is flown by all branches of government and state agencies are listed in Article 4 of the regulations concerning the use of the state flag and th…
Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway)
Buhe is a feast day observed by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church on 19 August. On this date, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church celebrates th…
Christian Feast Day: Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances: Buhe (Ethiopian…
John Eudes, CIM was a French Catholic priest and the founder of both the Order of Our Lady of Charity in 1641 and Congregation of Jesus and Mary, also known as the Eudists, in 1643…
Christian Feast Day: Jean-Eudes de Mézeray
Saint Louis of Toulouse, also known as Louis of Anjou, was a Neapolitan prince of the Capetian House of Anjou and a Catholic bishop.
Christian Feast Day: Louis of Toulouse
Saint Maginus was a Catalan hermit in the late third and early fourth centuries in Tarragona. Orphaned early, he was a hermit in a cave on Mount Brufaganya for thirty years.
Christian Feast Day: Maginus
Saint Magnus of Trani, also known as Magnus of Anagni, Magnus Episcopus or Magnus of Fabrateria Vetus, is venerated by Catholics as the patron saint of Anagni in the Province of Fr…
Christian Feast Day: Magnus of Anagni
Saint Magnus of Avignon was a bishop and governor of Avignon, his native city. He was a Gallo-Roman senator. A widower, he was the father of Saint Agricola of Avignon. Magnus becam…
Christian Feast Day: Magnus of Avignon
Sebaldus was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany in the 9th or 10th century. He settled down as a hermit in the Reichswald near Nuremberg, of which city he is the patron saint.
Christian Feast Day: Sebaldus
August 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 20
Christian Feast Day: August 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Public holidays in the Philippines are of two types: regular holidays and special non-working days.
Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Quezon City and other places in the Philippines named after Manuel L. Quezon)
The National Aviation Day is a United States national observation that celebrates the development of aviation.
National Aviation Day (United States)
Saint Amadour is the legendary founder of the shrine of Our Lady of Rocamadour in France. He is believed to have been a hermit. His feast day is 20 August. There is also a legendar…
Christian feast day: Amadour
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist., venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the…
Christian feast day: Bernard of Clairvaux
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 Georg Häfner
World Humanitarian Day is an international day dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have died working for humanitarian causes. It was designated by the Unite…
World Humanitarian Day
Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai was a Syrian bishop of Bet Zabdai in Mesopotamia and a martyr.
Christian feast day: Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai
Maria Matilda De Mattias was an Italian woman who founded the religious congregation of the Sisters Adorers of the Blood of Christ. She is a saint in the Catholic Church, having be…
Christian feast day: Maria De Mattias
Oswine, Oswin or Osuine was a King of Deira in northern England.
Christian feast day: Oswine of Deira
Philibert of Jumièges was an abbot and monastic founder, particularly associated with Jumièges Abbey.
Christian feast day: Philibert of Jumièges
Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in …
Christian feast day: Samuel (prophet)
William Booth was an English Methodist preacher who, along with his wife, Catherine, founded the Salvation Army and became its first General (1878–1912). This Christian movement, f…
Christian feast day: William and Catherine Booth (Church of England)
August 19 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – August 21
Christian feast day: August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
This table is determined by when the March Equinox falls. It fell on March 20 from 2018 to 2021 and will fall on March 21 in 2022–2023. All Baha'i observances begin at the sundown…
Feast of Asmá’ (Baháʼí Faith, only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on March 21)
Akshay Urja diwas is an awareness campaign about the developments of renewable energy in India, celebrated on August 20 every year since 2004. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy …
Indian Akshay Urja Day (India)