Famous Birthdays Aug 10 Robert Woodward Barnwell, MC (Confederacy), (d. 1882) Aug 21 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman and historian, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1876) Aug 28 Antoine Cournot, French philosopher and mathematician (rule of Cournot), born in Gray, France (d. 1877) Famous Deaths Aug 22 Pieter G van Overstraten, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 46 Aug 24 Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1800 On This Day 1802