Historical Events Aug 22 Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon Aug 22 Sweden & Prussia sign military treaty Famous Birthdays Aug 24 Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English evangelical revivalist, born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire (d. 1791) Famous Deaths Aug 18 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English statesman and Whig politician (1661-84), dies at 67 Aug 20 Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) 1706 History by Year 1708