Historical Events
Oxygen Discovered!
Aug 1 English chemist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen by isolating it in its gaseous state
- Aug 10 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 12 Robert Southey, English writer (The Story of the Three Bears), Poet Laureate (1813-43) and biographer (Nelson), born in Bristol, England (d. 1843)
Meriwether Lewis
Aug 18 Meriwether Lewis, American explorer, soldier and public administrator who helped lead the Lewis and Clark Expedition, born in Ivy, Virginia (d. 1809)
Elizabeth Ann Seton
Aug 28 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975), born in NYC, New York (d. 1821)
