Historical Events Aug 2 Great Peace of Montreal signed between New France and North American Indian nations at urging of Huron chief Kondiaronk Famous Birthdays Aug 4 Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1757) Famous Deaths Aug 20 Charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639) Aug 22 John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman, dies at 72 1700 History by Year 1702