Historical Events
Event of Interest
Aug 13 Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII
Louis XIII
- Aug 14 Dutch fleet seizes Callao the Lima in Peru
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 5 William Tucker, 1st child of African descent to be born in English colony in America, born in Jamestown, Virginia
- Aug 22 Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer and poet, born in Caen, France (d. 1701)
- Aug 25 François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France, born in Forez, France (d. 1709)