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August 2027 will be the eighth month of the upcoming common year. The month, which will begin on a Sunday, will end on a Tuesday after 31 days.

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Ongoing events

Disasters and humanitarian

• African Ebola epidemic
• Cuban fuel blockade
• Gaza genocide

Economics

• Global memory supply shortage
• Iran war fuel crisis

• Bab al-Mandab crisis

• Strait of Hormuz crisis

• United States–Canada trade war

Politics and diplomacy

• China–Japan diplomatic crisis
• Ceuta migrant crisis
• Gaza peace plan
• German political crisis
• Israel–Lebanon peace negotiations and ceasefire

Protests and strikes

• Albanian anti-government protests
• French lycée protests
• Spanish housing protests

Weather

• 2026–2027 El Niño event
• Atlantic hurricane season

• Hurricane Isaias

• Pacific typhoon season

• Typhoon Nolo

Elections and referendums

Recent

• September

• 27: France, Senate (indirect)
• 27: São Tomé and Príncipe, National Assembly
• 27: Switzerland, Referendums

• October

• 03: Latvia, Saeima
• 04: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency,
  ———House of Representatives
• 04: Brazil, President (1st round), Federal Senate,
  ———Chamber of Deputies
• 06: Kosovo, President (indirect)

Ongoing

• 9–10: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)

Upcoming

• 16–17: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round)

Sports

• American football

• 2026 NFL season
• 2026 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• 2026–27 UEFA Nations League
• 2026–27 UEFA Champions League
• 2026–27 UEFA Europa League
• 2026–27 UEFA Conference League
• 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2026–27 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
• 2026–27 Premier League
• 2026–27 La Liga
• 2026–27 Serie A
• 2026–27 Bundesliga
• 2026–27 Ligue 1
• 2026 Copa Libertadores
• 2026 Major League Soccer season
• 2026 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2026–27 Women's Super League

• Australian rules football

• 2026 AFL Women's season

• Baseball

• 2026 Major League Baseball postseason
• 2026 Nippon Professional Baseball season
• 2026 KBO League season

• Basketball

• 2026 WNBA playoffs
• 2026–27 EuroLeague

• Canadian football

• 2026 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship

• Cycling

• 2026 UCI World Tour
• 2026 UCI Women's World Tour

• Golf

• 2026 PGA Tour
• 2026 European Tour
• 2026 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2026–27 NHL season

• Motorsport

• 2026 Formula One World Championship
• 2026 MotoGP World Championship
• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series

• Rugby union

• 2026 Nations Championship

• Tennis

• 2026 ATP Tour
• 2026 WTA Tour

More events – current sports events

Recent deaths

October0/0September

• 09: Mike Ditka
• 08: Nana Patekar
• 06: Richard Morecroft
• 06: Eva Marie Saint
• 05: Jeffrey Archer
• 05: Jim Bakker
• 05: George Fenton
• 05: Freddie Jackson
• 05: Lena Martell
• 03: Dennis Hastert
• 03: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
• 02: Marjoe Gortner
• 02: Sass Jordan
• 02: Cesar Virata
• 01: Biljana Plavšić
• 01: Mary Louise Weller
• 30: Margaret Hamilton
• 30: Wicknell Chivayo
• 30: Esther Rantzen
• 30: Adrian Rurawhe
• 28: Gordon Johncock
• 28: Siti Hasmah
• 27: Dennis Haskins
• 27: Benjamin Satterley
• 27: Mighty Sparrow
• 25: Sidya Touré
• 24: Milan Panić
• 23: Bob Pettit
• 21: Angry Anderson
• 21: Terry Denton
• 20: Presley Gerber
• 20: Chad Gilbert
• 19: Sandro Mazzola
• 19: Nathaniel Waena
• 18: Stephanie Cole
• 18: Richard Harrison
• 17: Jon Kyl
• 17: Duncan Sheik
• 16: Randy Pedersen
• 15: Dakila Cua
• 15: Annie Dillard
• 15: Gerrit Graham
• 15: Bonnie Greer
• 14: Pete Byrne
• 14: Bob Mackie
• 14: Peter Max
• 14: Luděk Mikloško
• 14: Catherine Ringer
• 13: Cheetah Chrome
• 13: Mary Gaudron
• 12: George Chuvalo
• 11: Princess Astrid of Norway
• 11: Emma Bonino
• 11: Jeremy Thomas

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Sahel

• Burkina Faso

• Mali

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Blue Nile campaign

• Kordofan campaign

Americas

• Haiti

• Gang war

• War on cartels
  • United States military intervention

• Colombia

• Mexico

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Republican insurgency

• Afghanistan and Pakistan

• Border war

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russo-Ukrainian war

Middle East

• Israel–Palestine

• Gaza war

• Middle Eastern crisis

• Iran war

• Lebanon war

• Syria

• Israeli invasion

• Southern Syria

• Yemen

• Houthi–Saudi conflict

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2026 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• Video games

Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
• Sovereign state leaders
• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

By place

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antarctica
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• The Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Comoros
• Congo
• DR Congo
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Eswatini
• Equatorial Guinea
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Ivory Coast
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kosovo
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Liechtenstein
• Libya
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macau
• Madagascar
• Marshall Islands
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Nauru
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Korea
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palestine
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Solomon Islands
• South Korea
• South Sudan
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vatican City
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Establishments and disestablishments categories

• Establishments
• Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

• Works
• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain