- Aug 4 Wenzel Sedlak, Bohemian clarinetist and composer, born in JezboĆice, Bohemia (d. 1851)
Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856)
Aug 9 Italian scientist who contributed to molecular theory, including what is known as Avogadro's law (6.022 x 10 ^ 23), born in Torino, Italy