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 Baroque organist and composer, dies at about 80 1706 History by Year 1708 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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