Famous Birthdays
- Aug 24 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician and astronomer, born in Terschelling, Netherlands (d. 1773)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 3 Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
- Aug 4 Johann Jacob de Neufville, German composer, dies at 27
- Aug 7 Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48
- Aug 18 Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier
- Aug 24 Thomas Bullis, Jr. English composer, dies at 54
- Aug 26 Sebastian Anton Scherer, German composer, dies at 80
- Aug 29 Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63