At a Glance
August 19
Observances & Celebrations
Commemorative holidays, national days, religious feasts, and international traditions observed on this date.
FeaturedNational observance
Afghan Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain (Afghanistan)
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Feast of August 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Feast of Bertulf of Bobbio
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Feast of Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz
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Feast of Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances: Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
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Feast of Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances: Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known as the "Apples Feast" (Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church)
Russia
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Feast of Jean-Eudes de Mézeray
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Feast of Louis of Toulouse
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Feast of Maginus
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Feast of Magnus of Anagni
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Feast of Magnus of Avignon
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Feast of Saint Calminius
Religious observance
Feast of Sebaldus
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August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam)
Vietnam
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Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway)
Norway
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