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August | 1st Friday | 1st Friday
International Beer Day |
August | 2nd Saturday | 2nd Saturday
Sports Day (Russia) |
August | Sunday on or closest to August 9 | Sunday on or closest to August 9
National Peacekeepers' Day (Canada) |
August | 2nd Sunday | 2nd Sunday
Children's Day (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay)
Father's Day (Brazil, Samoa)
Melon Day (Turkmenistan)
Navy Day (Bulgaria)
National Day (Singapore) |
August | 2nd Monday | 2nd Monday
Heroes' Day (Zimbabwe)
Victory Day (Hawaii and Rhode Island, United States) |
August | 2nd Tuesday | 2nd Tuesday
Defence Forces Day (Zimbabwe) |
August | 3rd Saturday | 3rd Saturday
National Honey Bee Day (United States) |
August | 3rd Sunday | 3rd Sunday
Children's Day (Argentina, Peru)
Grandparents Day (Hong Kong) |
August | 3rd Monday | 3rd Monday
Discovery Day (Yukon, Canada)
Day of Hearts (Haarlem and Amsterdam, Netherlands)
National Mourning Day (Bangladesh) |
August | 3rd Friday | 3rd Friday
Hawaii Admission Day (Hawaii, United States) |
August | Last Thursday | Last Thursday
National Burger Day (United Kingdom) |
August | Last Sunday | Last Sunday
Coal Miner's Day (some former Soviet Union countries)
National Grandparents Day (Taiwan) |
August | Last Monday | Last Monday
Father's Day (South Sudan)
National Heroes' Day (Philippines)
Liberation Day (Hong Kong)
Late Summer Bank Holiday (England, Northern Ireland and Wales) |
August | Fixed Gregorian | Fixed Gregorian
Season of Emancipation (Barbados) (April 14 to August 23)
International Clown Week (August 1–7)
World Breastfeeding Week (August 1–7)
August 1
Armed Forces Day (China)
Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)
Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)
Emancipation Day (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Sai... |
August | References | References |
August | External links | External links
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August | Table of Content | short description, Symbols, Observances, Non-Gregorian: {{CURRENTYEAR}} dates, Month-long, United States month-long, Food months in the United States, Moveable Gregorian, Second to last Sunday in July and the following two weeks, 1st Saturday, 1st Sunday, First full week of August, 1st Monday, 1st Tuesday, 1st Friday, ... |
Aaron | Short description | According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Aaron ( or ) was a Israelite prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament (Luke, Acts, and Hebrews),() and the Quran.
The Hebrew Bible relates that, unli... |
Aaron | Biblical narrative | Biblical narrative
thumb|Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh
According to the Book of Exodus, Aaron first functioned as Moses' assistant. Because Moses complained that he could not speak well, God appointed Aaron as Moses' "prophet" (Exodus 4:10–17; 7:1). At the command of Moses, he let his rod turn into a snake.Exodus 7:9,... |
Aaron | High Priest | High Priest
thumb|Aaron depicted by Jacques Bergé
The books of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers maintain that Aaron received from God a monopoly over the priesthood for himself and his male descendants.Exodus 28:1 The family of Aaron had the exclusive right and responsibility to make offerings on the altar to Yahweh. The... |
Aaron | Conflicts | Conflicts
Aaron plays a leading role in several stories of conflicts during Israel's wilderness wanderings. During the prolonged absence of Moses on Mount Sinai, the people provoked Aaron to make a golden calf.Exodus 32:1–6 This incident nearly caused God to destroy the Israelites.Exodus 32:10 Moses successfully interv... |
Aaron | Death | Death
Aaron, like Moses, was not permitted to enter Canaan with the Israelites when Moses brought water out of a rock to quench the people's thirst. Although they had been commanded to speak to the rock, Moses struck it with the staff twice, which was construed as displaying a lack of deference to the .
There are two ... |
Aaron | Descendants | Descendants
thumb|Aaron's descendants including Zerahiah, Meraioth, Amaziah and Ahitub.
Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon of the tribe of Judah.Exodus 6:23 The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar; only the latter two had progeny. A descendant of Aaron is an Aaronite, ... |
Aaron | Family tree | Family tree |
Aaron | Historicity | Historicity
Thomas Römer argues that external evidence and biblical texts suggest the Pentateuch reflects tensions among three groups: (1) a lay group aligned with Moses, (2) a priestly group linked to Aaron, and (3) the Levites. These tensions, particularly evident during the Persian and early Hellenistic periods, ar... |
Aaron | In religious traditions | In religious traditions |
Aaron | Jewish rabbinic literature | Jewish rabbinic literature
The older prophets and prophetical writers beheld in their priests the representatives of a religious form inferior to the prophetic truth; men without the spirit of God and lacking the willpower requisite to resist the multitude in its idolatrous proclivities. Thus Aaron, the first priest, r... |
Aaron | Christianity | Christianity
thumb|Russian icon of Aaron (18th century, Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, Karelia, Russia).
In the Eastern Orthodox and Maronite churches, Aaron is venerated as a saint whose feast day is shared with his brother Moses and celebrated on September 4. (Those churches that follow the traditional Julian calend... |
Aaron | Mormonism | Mormonism
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Aaronic priesthood is the lesser order of priesthood under the higher order of the Melchizedek priesthood. Those ordained to this priesthood have the authority to act in God's name in certain responsibilities in the church such as the administration of t... |
Aaron | {{anchor | Islam
Aaron (Arabic: هارون, Hārūn) is mentioned in the Quran as a prophet of God. The Quran praises Aaron repeatedly, calling him a "believing servant" as well as one who was "guided" and one of the "victors". The Quran additionally denies the role of Aaron in the creation of the golden calf, attributing the action t... |
Aaron | Baháʼí Faith | Baháʼí Faith
In the Baháʼí Faith, although his father is described as both an apostle and a prophet, Aaron is merely described as a prophet. The Kitáb-i-Íqán describes Imran as his father. |
Aaron | In art | In art
thumb|Aaron, in blue wearing a papal tiara, as depicted in Sandro Botticelli's Punishment of the Sons of Korah, 15th century
Aaron appears paired with Moses frequently in Jewish and Christian art, especially in the illustrations of manuscript and printed Bibles. He can usually be distinguished by his priestly ve... |
Aaron | See also | See also
Harun
Moses in rabbinic literature
Y-chromosomal Aaron |
Aaron | Notes | Notes |
Aaron | Footnotes | Footnotes |
Aaron | References | References
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Aaron | Further reading | Further reading
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Numbers Rabbah 9
Leviticus Rabbah 10
Midrash Peṭirat Aharon in Jellinek's Bet ha-Midrash, 1:91–95
Yalḳuṭ Numbers 764
References in the Qur'an
Aaron's prophecy: , ,
Aaron is made helper of Moses: , , , ,
Aaron and Moses sent to Pharaoh: , , ,
Praise for Aaron:... |
Aaron | External links | External links
English-Ingles.com – Etymology of Aaron
MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Aaron
"Aaron" at the Christian Iconography website
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April 6 | pp-move-indef | |
April 6 | Events | Events |
April 6 | Pre–1600 | Pre–1600
46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.
402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
1320 – The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
1453 – Mehmed II begin... |
April 6 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1652 – At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
1712 – The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch b... |
April 6 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi... |
April 6 | Births | Births |
April 6 | Pre–1600 | Pre–1600
1135 – Maimonides, Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer (March 30 also proposed, d. 1204)
1342 – Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa
1573 – Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg, German noble (d. 1643) |
April 6 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria (d. 1649)
1651 – André Dacier, French scholar and academic (d. 1722)
1660 – Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (d. 1722)
1664 – Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County (d. 1742)
1671 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playw... |
April 6 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1901 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist (d. 1925)
1902 – Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
1903 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (d. 1962)
1903 – Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (d. 1990)
1904 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German ... |
April 6 | Deaths | Deaths |
April 6 | Pre–1600 | Pre–1600
861 – Prudentius, bishop of Troyes
885 – Saint Methodius, Byzantine missionary and saint (b. 815)
887 – Pei Che, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
943 – Liu Churang, Chinese general and chief of staff (b. 881)
943 – Nasr II, ruler (amir) of the Samanid Empire (b. 906)
1147 – Frederick II, duke of Swabia... |
April 6 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1605 – John Stow, English historian and author (b. 1525)
1621 – Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (b. 1539)
1641 – Domenico Zampieri (Domenichino), Italian painter (b. 1581)
1655 – David Blondel, French minister, historian, and scholar (b. 1591)
1670 – Leonora Baroni, Italian composer (b. 1611)
1676 – John... |
April 6 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1906 – Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
1913 – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
1927 – Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
1935 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
194... |
April 6 | Holidays and observances | Holidays and observances
Chakri Day, commemorating the establishment of the Chakri dynasty. (Thailand)
Christian feast day:
Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach (Lutheran Church).
Brychan
Eutychius of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Marcellinus of Carthage
Pope Sixtus I
April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Interna... |
April 6 | Other | Other
April 6 Youth Movement
(starts 6April) |
April 6 | References | References |
April 6 | External links | External links
BBC: On This Day
Historical Events on April 6
Category:Days of April |
April 6 | Table of Content | pp-move-indef, Events, Pre–1600, 1601–1900, 1901–present, Births, Pre–1600, 1601–1900, 1901–present, Deaths, Pre–1600, 1601–1900, 1901–present, Holidays and observances, Other, References, External links |
April 12 | pp-move | |
April 12 | Events | Events |
April 12 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, Bishop of York.
1012 – Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and blinds his brother Jar... |
April 12 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
1776 – American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
1782 – American Revolution: A Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral... |
April 12 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1910 – , one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
1917 – World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
1927 – Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in... |
April 12 | Births | Births |
April 12 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
811 – Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth Imam of Shia Islam (d. 835)
959 – En'yū, emperor of Japan (d. 991)
1116 – Richeza of Poland, queen of Sweden and Grand Princess of Minsk (d. 1156)
1432 – Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (d. 1462)
1484 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed ... |
April 12 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1612 – Simone Cantarini, Italian painter and engraver (d. 1648)
1639 – Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician (d. 1712)
1656 – Benoît de Maillet, French diplomat and natural historian (d. 1738)
1705 – William Cookworthy, English minister and pharmacist (d. 1780)
1710 – Caffarelli, Italian actor and s... |
April 12 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1901 – Lowell Stockman, American farmer and politician (d. 1962)
1902 – Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
1903 – Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1907 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed... |
April 12 | Deaths | Deaths |
April 12 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
45 BC – Gnaeus Pompeius, Roman general and politician (b. 75 BC)
352 – Julius I, pope of the Catholic Church
434 – Maximianus, archbishop of Constantinople
901 – Eudokia Baïana, Byzantine empress and wife of Leo VI
1125 – Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1065)
1167 – Charles VII, king of Sweden (b. c. 1130... |
April 12 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1675 – Richard Bennett, English politician, colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1684 – Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)
1687 – Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (b. 1619)
1704 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
1748 – William Kent, English architect, de... |
April 12 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1902 – Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
1906 – Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
1912 – Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
1920 – Vlasis Gavriilidis, Greek jourtnalis... |
April 12 | Holidays and observances | Holidays and observances
Children's Day (Bolivia)
Christian feast day:
Adoniram Judson (Episcopal Church)
Alferius
Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso
Erkembode
Pope Julius I
Teresa of the Andes
Zeno of Verona
April 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin:
Cos... |
April 12 | References | References |
April 12 | External links | External links
BBC: On This Day
Historical Events on April 12
Category:Days of April |
April 12 | Table of Content | pp-move, Events, Pre-1600, 1601–1900, 1901–present, Births, Pre-1600, 1601–1900, 1901–present, Deaths, Pre-1600, 1601–1900, 1901–present, Holidays and observances, References, External links |
April 15 | pp-move | |
April 15 | Events | Events |
April 15 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings.;
1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.
1450 – Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly a... |
April 15 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1632 – Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
1642 – Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
1715 – The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the s... |
April 15 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1912 – The British passenger liner sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.
1920 – Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzet... |
April 15 | Births | Births |
April 15 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
68 BC – Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician (d. 8 BC)
1282 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1329)
1442 – John Paston, English noble (d. 1479)
1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (d. 1519)
1469 – Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru (d. 1539)
1552 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematici... |
April 15 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1641 – Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer (d. 1722)
1642 – Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1691)
1646 – Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
1684 – Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)
1688 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (d. 1758)
1707 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and p... |
April 15 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1901 – Joe Davis, English snooker player (d. 1978)
1901 – Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1986)
1901 – René Pleven, French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1993)
1902 – Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)
1903 – John Williams,... |
April 15 | Deaths | Deaths |
April 15 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
628 – Suiko, emperor of Japan (b. 554)
943 – Liu Bin, emperor of Southern Han (b. 920)
956 – Lin Yanyu, Chinese court official and eunuch
1053 – Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1001)
1136 – Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (b. 1094)
1220 – Adolf of Altena, German archbishop (b. 1157)
1237 – Richard Poore, English e... |
April 15 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1610 – Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (b. 1546)
1632 – George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1580)
1652 – Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch
1659 – Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1605)
1719 – Françoise... |
April 15 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1912 – Victims of the Titanic disaster:
Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder (b. 1873)
John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel, businessman, and author (b. 1864)
Archibald Butt, American general and journalist (b. 1865)
Jacques Futrelle, American j... |
April 15 | Holidays and observances | Holidays and observances
Christian feast day:
Abbo II of Metz
Father Damien (The Episcopal Church)
Hunna
Paternus of Avranches
April 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the Sun (North Korea)
Father Damien Day (Hawaii)
Hillsborough Disaster Memorial (Liverpool, England)
Jackie Robinson Day (United States)
National Am... |
April 15 | References | References |
April 15 | External links | External links
BBC: On This Day
Historical Events on April 15
Category:Days of April |
April 15 | Table of Content | pp-move, Events, Pre-1600, 1601–1900, 1901–present, Births, Pre-1600, 1601–1900, 1901–present, Deaths, Pre-1600, 1601–1900, 1901–present, Holidays and observances, References, External links |
April 30 | pp-pc1 | |
April 30 | Events | Events |
April 30 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.Stevenson, J. A New Eusebius SPCK 1965, p. 296
1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean... |
April 30 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1636 – Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first President of the United States.
1803 – Louisiana P... |
April 30 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1905 – Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
1925 – Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity.
1927 – The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's fede... |
April 30 | Births | Births |
April 30 | Pre-1600 | Pre-1600
1310 – King Casimir III of Poland (d. 1368)
1331 – Gaston III, Count of Foix (d. 1391)
1383 – Anne of Gloucester, English countess, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1438)The Complete Peerage, sourced from Camden, 3rd series, Vol.57, pp. 258–260 (1937)
1425 – William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (... |
April 30 | 1601–1900 | 1601–1900
1623 – François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop and saint (d. 1708)
1651 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint (d. 1719)
1662 – Mary II of England (d. 1694)
1664 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (d. 1709)
1710 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
1723 – Mathurin J... |
April 30 | 1901–present | 1901–present
1901 – Simon Kuznets, Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1905 – Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
1908 – Eve Arden, American actress (d... |