Aug 15 Thomas Norris, English singer and composer, baptized in Mere, Wiltshire (d. 1790) Aug 23 Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (led 1785 voyage of discovery), born in Albi, France (d. c. 1788?) Aug 25 Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer, born in Bischofswerda, Germany (d. 1792) Aug 31 Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak general, born in Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 1834) Aug 31 Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, born in Freystadt, Germany (d. 1816) 1740 Famous Birthdays by Year 1742