Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August.

The attack on the city began on 5 August 1914 and lasted until 16 August when the last fort surrendered.

Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (May August 2011), a chronology from the start of May 2011 to the end of August 2011.

Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (May August 2012), a chronology from the start of May 2012 to the end of August 2012.

Then he held the post of the minister of defense from August 1997 until August 2005 in the government of Mohammad Khatami.

Augustus ( 23 September 63 BC 19 August 14 AD) was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.

Near the end of the summer in mid August, double sessions tend to begin and usually last for one week or until school starts.

Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad 24 August 1865 20 July 1927) was King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death in 1927.

Louis VI (1 December 1081 1 August 1137), called the Fat (), was King of the Franks from 1108 until his death (1137).

Galeazzo I Visconti (21 January 1277 6 August 1328) was lord of Milan from 1322 to 1327.

Syrian bloggers have until August 22, 2009 to submit their blogs to the competition.

Karl Marx was at risk so he moved to London in August.

The election campaign kicked off on August 17, 2005 and lasted until September 4, 2005.

The Japanese held Burma until the second Allied campaign of 1944 although an official surrender did not take place until August 1945.

Henry V (16 September 1386 1387 31 August 1422) was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of either 34 or 35 in 1422.

Alejandro Gaviria describes the gloomy panorama of attacks up to late August 2012

After mating, the fertilized egg remains in a suspended state until August or September.

As of 13 August 2005, OHCHR had received responses from the Governments of Azerbaijan, Cuba, Georgia, Iraq, Lebanon, Mauritius and Mexico.

Timeline inconsistencies The USS Eldridge was not commissioned until August 27, 1943, and it remained in port in New York City until September 1943.

Ernst (Meissen, 24 March 1441 26 August 1486 in Colditz) was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486.

John I ( 24 August 1358 9 October 1390) was King of the Crown of Castile from 1379 until 1390.

Longest serving manager by time Tom Watson, from 17 August 1896 to 6 May 1915 (18 years, 262 days).

Justin I (, 2 February 450 1 August 527) was Byzantine Emperor from 518 to 527.

New chapters continued to appear in the magazine until August 25, 2005, when the final chapter was published.

The three year transitional period was extended to 26 August 2005.

Forecast based on reports up to and including August 2003.

Despite calls for a ceasefire by the United Nations Security Council, hostilities continued until 20 August 1988.

Francis I of the Two Sicilies ( 19 August 1777 8 November 1830) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830.

The Singapore Government initiated an intensive six week youth consultation exercise from August to September 2004.

Joseph Priestley Jr., left on a visit to England at Christmas 1798, not returning until August 1800.

Strategic bombing raids began in June 1944 and continued until the end of the war in August 1945.

Neal Elgar Miller (August 3, 1909 March 23, 2002) was an American experimental psychologist.

Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert 6 August 1844 30 July 1900) , reigned as Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900.

Storstrejken ) of August 4 to September 4, 1909, was a general work stoppage by over 300,000 individuals all over Sweden.

States parties that have made the declaration under article 14, paragraph 1, of the Convention (46) as at 19 August 2005

Clashes with police, however, began on 31 August and continued into the morning of September 1.

These recommendations were transmitted to UNICEF in August 2004, and the report presents the status as at 31 March 2005.

States parties that have made the declaration under article 14, paragraph 1 of the Convention (46), as at 19 August 2005 116

His first term of office was from 18 August 1999 to 31 August 2005.

July 1991 to August 1992 Head of the Administrative Police and Criminal Investigation Division of Kigali prefecture

Secker and Warburg had agreed to publish Animal Farm , planned for the following March, although it did not appear in print until August 1945.

The expedition did not reach the Niger until mid August, when only eleven Europeans were left alive the rest had succumbed to fever or dysentery.

To date, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has not received any information from Member States in response to the note verbale which it sent on 4 August 2004.

However, at the beginning of August 2010, the CFU released a different schedule that showed the competition being postponed until 2 October.

The release became the best selling Blu ray in Japan thus far, with around 49,000 copies sold by the start of August 2009.