Historical Events Aug 8 Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty Aug 18 Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark Famous Birthdays Aug 13 Heinrich von Brühl, German statesman, born in Gangloffsömmern, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1763) Aug 28 Carolomannus Pachschmidt, Austrian composer, born in Eisenstadt, Austria (d. 1734) Famous Deaths Aug 8 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, Danish scholar and composer, dies at 40 1699 History by Year 1701 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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