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Aug 24 Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn
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Aug 26 English astronomer Edmond Halley first observes the comet named after him
- Aug 30 William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World
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- Aug 16 Louis, Duke of Burgundy, heir-apparent to the French throne, born in Palace of Versailles, France (d. 1712)
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