Portal:Latvia/Latvia dates january/August


 * 5 August 1940 - Latvian SSR is formally annexed into the Soviet Union
 * 9 August 1944 - Alberts Kviesis the third president of Latvia dies
 * 11 August 1920 - Latvian-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty is signed
 * 12 August 1871 - Gustavs Zemgals the second president of Latvia born
 * 16 August 1865 - Latvian poet Aspazija born
 * 17 August 1642 - Friedrich Kettler duke of Courland dies
 * 22 August 1925 - Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics dies in a car crash
 * 23 August 1989 - Baltic Way takes place