- Aug 14 Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies (1825-30), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1830)
Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851)
Aug 14 Danish physicist and chemist (View of Chemical Law), born in Rudkøbing, Denmark
- Aug 29 Hyacinth [Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin], Founder of Sinology (d. 1853)