Aug 9 Bruno Dalberg [Petrus the Wacker van Zon], Dutch writer and lawyer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1818) Aug 14 Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1836) Aug 24 Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen of Denmark and Norway, born in Schwerin, Germany (d. 1794) Aug 25 Franz Teyber, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1810) 1757 Famous Birthdays by Year 1759