Historical Events
- Aug 11 Germany throws out English sales people
- Aug 14 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java
- Aug 20 1st Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 21 Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist, born in East Peckham, Kent, England (d. 1672)
