August 1753

What Happened in August 1753

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Aug 4 George Washington becomes a master mason

First US President George Washington — First US President
George Washington

Famous Birthdays

Aug 3 Charles Stanhope, 3rd earl Stanhope, English radical politician and scientist, born in London (d. 1816)
Aug 12 Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)
Aug 17 Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)
Aug 22 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, Dutch-German composer, born in Bad Salzungen, Germany (d. 1826)

Famous Deaths

Aug 6 Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711)
Aug 19 [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, dies at 66

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