August

The Perseids, a major meteor shower, typically takes place between July 17 and August 24, with the peak days varying yearly.

About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days.

[5] According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.

[6] Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar's July, but this is an invention of the 13th century scholar Johannes de Sacrobosco.

[9] Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family.