Historical Events
Historic Event
Aug 4 George Washington becomes a master mason
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)
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