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John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (died 1475)

John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen
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- Swiss National Day Swiss National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.
- Lughnasadh The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): Lughnasadh in the Northern hemisphere, Imbolc in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally begins on the eve of August 1. (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopagans)
- Lammas The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopagans)
- Pachamama Raymi The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year): Pachamama Raymi (Quechuan in Ecuador and Peru)
- Victory Day Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)
- Scouts' Day World Scout Scarf Day
- Yorkshire Day Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire, England)
- Armed Forces Day Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)
- Public holidays in China Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)
- Public holidays in Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)
- Barbados 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 Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
- Abgar V Christian feast day: Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church)
- Alphonsus Liguori Christian feast day: Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori
- Æthelwold of Winchester Christian feast day: Æthelwold of Winchester
- Bernard Vũ Văn Duệ Christian feast day: Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Beatification Christian feast day: Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder
- Eusebius of Vercelli Christian feast day: Eusebius of Vercelli
- Exuperius of Bayeux Christian feast day: Exuperius of Bayeux
- Felix of Girona Christian feast day: Felix of Girona
- Liberation of Peter Christian feast day: Peter Apostle in Chains
- Feast of the Cross Christian feast day: Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodoxy)
- Woman with seven sons Christian feast day: The Holy Maccabees
- August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Christian feast day: August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Minden Day Minden Day (United Kingdom)
- Public holidays in Benin National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960.
- Culture of Tonga Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (Tonga)
- Public holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Parents' Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union Statehood Day (Colorado)