Aug 1 Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (El diablo cojuelo), born in Écija, Seville, Spain (d. 1644) Aug 18 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange Aug 24 John Amner, English composer, born in Ely, Cambridgeshire (d. 1641) 1578 Famous Birthdays by Year 1580