Historical Events
- Aug 13 Hunger strike in Rotterdam
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 10 Samuel Arnold, composer
- Aug 14 Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], bishop of Imola/Pope (1800-23)
- Aug 15 Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
- Aug 23 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1764)
- Aug 26 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French aeronaut (ballooning)