Famous Birthdays Aug 24 Meinrad Spiess, German composer, born in Honsolgen (d. 1761) Famous Deaths Aug 18 Charles Hart, British Shakespearean actor, dies Aug 24 John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616) Aug 26 Christoph Schultze, composer, dies at 76 1682 History by Year 1684