August 17

Here you will find the world's holidays, annual events and a few anniversaries on August 17.

See also:  August,  Today in History,  movable August holidays,  possible August holidays

• Archeology Day
• Odin's Ordeal begins (Norse)
• National Thrift Shop Day
• National Vanilla Custard Day

Christian holidays

• Calendar of Saints - August 17
  • St. Hyacinth's Day (patron of Lithuania)

anniversaries

directories

August holidays & events by location

• Africa
• Asia & Middle East
• Europe
• North & Central America
• Oceania
• South America

Africa

• Gabon Independence Day

Asia

•  Feast of the Hungary Ghosts - in China
•  Indonesia Independence Day

Middle East

Australia and Oceania

Europe

North America

Caribbean

Central America

South America

•  San Martin Day - in Argentina

Gregorian calendar

• Day 229, with 136 days remaining in the year
• 2001 A. D.: Friday
• 2002 A. D.:  Saturday
• 2003 A. D.:  Sunday
• 2004 A. D.:  Tuesday
• 2005 A. D.:  Wednesday

• 2006 A. D.:  Thursday
• 2007 A. D.:  Friday
• 2008 A. D.:  Sunday
• 2009 A. D.:  Monday
• 2010 A. D.:  Tuesday
• 2011 A. D.:  Wednesday

other calendars

• Julian period & Julian Day
• Illuminati
• Hebrew
• Mayan
• Chinese
• Erisian (Discordian) 
• Islamic
• French Revolutionary

season

• Northern hemisphere:  Summer
• Southern hemisphere:  Winter

zodiac

• Leo

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last edited Sunday, December 25, 2005