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