Famous Birthdays Aug 1 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1748) Aug 18 Brook Taylor, English mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem, born in Edmonton, Middlesex, England (d. 1731) Famous Deaths Aug 8 Sassoferrato [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna), dies at 75 1684 History by Year 1686