Holidays in August 2026

August 13th, 2026

Left-Handers Day
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
International Lefthanders Day (International)
Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia)
World Organ Donation Day
Holidays on August 13th, 2026 »

August 29th, 2026

More Herbs, Less Salt Day
International Day against Nuclear Tests
Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine (Ukraine)
National Sports Day (India)
Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia)
Telugu Language Day (India)
Holidays on August 29th, 2026 »

August 1st, 2026

Colorado Day
Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)
Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire: Emancipation Day is a public holiday in...
Minden Day (United Kingdom)
National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960.
Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (Tonga)
Parents' Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Statehood Day (Colorado)
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August 2nd, 2026

Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan)
Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica)
Republic Day (North Macedonia)
Romani genocide-related observances, including: Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (Council of Europe, European Parliament)
Holidays on August 2nd, 2026 »

August 3rd, 2026

Flag Day (Venezuela)
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August 4th, 2026

Coast Guard Day (United States)
Constitution Day (Cook Islands); first Monday in August
Barack Obama Day in Illinois in the United States
2020 Beirut explosion commemoration day in Lebanon
Holidays on August 4th, 2026 »

August 5th, 2026

Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
July Mass Uprising Day (Bangladesh)
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia)
Holidays on August 5th, 2026 »

August 6th, 2026

Christian holidays and observances Transfiguration of Jesus
Christian holidays and observances Anna Maria Rubatto
Christian holidays and observances Hormisdas
Christian holidays and observances Justus and Pastor
Christian holidays and observances August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates)
Independence Day (Bolivia), celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.
Independence Day (Jamaica), celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.
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August 7th, 2026

Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)
Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)
Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Republic Day (Ivory Coast)
National Purple Heart Day (United States)
Holidays on August 7th, 2026 »

August 8th, 2026

Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Mongolia, Taiwan)
Happiness Happens Day
International Cat Day
Namesday of the Queen (Sweden)
Nane Nane Day (Tanzania)
Holidays on August 8th, 2026 »

August 9th, 2026

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (United Nations)
Meyboom (Brussels and Leuven, Belgium)
National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.
National Peacekeepers' Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day (Canada)
National Women's Day (South Africa)
Day of the Finnish art, also birthday of Tove Jansson (Finland)
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August 10th, 2026

Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence was finally attained on May 24, 1822, at the Battle of Pichincha. (Ecuador)
International Biodiesel Day
World Lion Day
Holidays on August 10th, 2026 »

August 11th, 2026

Mountain Day (Japan)
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August 12th, 2026

Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom)
HM the Queen Mother's Birthday and National Mother's Day (Thailand)
International Youth Day (United Nations)
Russian Air Force Day (Russia)
Sea Org Day (Scientology)
World Elephant Day (International)
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August 14th, 2026

National Navajo Code Talkers Day is a holiday in the United States honoring Navajo code talkers in the military.
Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592.
Independence Day celebrates the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947.
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India in 1947.
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August 15th, 2026

Armed Forces Day (Poland)
Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
National Day (Liechtenstein)
National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)
Holidays on August 15th, 2026 »

August 16th, 2026

Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)
National Airborne Day (United States)
Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)
The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)
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August 17th, 2026

Independence Day, celebrates the independence proclamation of Indonesia from Japan in 1945.
Holidays on August 17th, 2026 »

August 18th, 2026

Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)
Constitution Day (Indonesia)
Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)
Holidays on August 18th, 2026 »

August 19th, 2026

Afghan Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain (Afghanistan)
August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam)
Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway)
Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Quezon City and other places in the Philippines named after Manuel L. Quezon)
National Aviation Day (United States)
World Humanitarian Day
Holidays on August 19th, 2026 »

August 20th, 2026

Feast of Asmá’ (Baháʼí Faith, only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on March 21)
Indian Akshay Urja Day (India)
Independence Restoration Day (Estonia), re-declaration of the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Meitei Language Day, also known as Manipuri Language Day, the day on which Meitei (Manipuri) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of India.
Revolution of the King and the People (Morocco)
Saint Stephen's Day (Hungary)
World Mosquito Day
Holidays on August 20th, 2026 »

August 21st, 2026

Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)
Youth Day (Morocco)
World Senior Citizen's Day
Holidays on August 21st, 2026 »

August 22nd, 2026

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
Flag Day (Russia)
Madras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India)
Holidays on August 22nd, 2026 »

August 23rd, 2026

Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)
European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day (European Union and other countries), and related observances: Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day (Romania)
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
National Day for Physicians (Iran)
The memorial day for the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis(the August 23 shelling war) ( Taiwan)
Holidays on August 23rd, 2026 »

August 24th, 2026

Flag Day (Liberia)
Independence Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991.
International Strange Music Day
National Waffle Day (United States)
Nostalgia Night (Uruguay)
Willka Raymi (Cusco, Peru)
Holidays on August 24th, 2026 »

August 25th, 2026

Day of Songun (North Korea)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825.
Holidays on August 25th, 2026 »

August 26th, 2026

Herero Day (Namibia)
Heroes' Day (Namibia)
Repentance Day (Papua New Guinea)
Women's Equality Day (United States)
Holidays on August 26th, 2026 »

August 27th, 2026

Independence Day (Republic of Moldova), celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas, United States)
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August 28th, 2026

National Grandparents Day (Mexico)
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August 30th, 2026

Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)
Independence Day (Tatarstan, Russia not formally recognized)
International Day of the Disappeared
International Whale Shark Day
Popular Consultation Day (East Timor)
Saint Rose of Lima's Day (Peru)
Victory Day (Turkey)
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August 31st, 2026

Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.
Romanian Language Day (Romania, Moldova)
Sabah Day (Sabah, Borneo)
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