At a Glance
August 17
Observances & Celebrations
Commemorative holidays, national days, religious feasts, and international traditions observed on this date.
FeaturedNational observance
Independence Day, celebrates the independence proclamation of Indonesia from Japan in 1945.
Japan
Religious observance
Feast of August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Religious observance
Feast of Elias of Enna
Religious observance
Feast of Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga
Religious observance
Feast of Saint Beatrice of Silva
Religious observance
Feast of Saint Clare of Montefalco
Religious observance
Feast of Saint Hyacinth of Poland
Poland
Religious observance
Feast of Saint Jeanne Delanoue
Religious observance
Feast of Saint Mammes of Caesarea
Religious observance
Feast of Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler (Episcopal Church)
Observance
Engineer's Day (Colombia)
Colombia