Historical Events
- Aug 8 70 disciples of Gaon of Vilnius, arrive in Palestine
- Aug 10 Area of Quinto is the first to declare itself independent of Spain in Latin America, though put down by the Spanish after 24 day (now Ecuador's National Day)
Famous Birthdays
Alfred Tennyson
Aug 6 Alfred Tennyson, British Poet Laureate of Great Britain (Charge of the Light Brigade), born in Somersby, Lincolnshire (d. 1892)
- Aug 27 Hannibal Hamlin, American attorney and 15th Vice President of U.S. (1861-65), born in Paris, Massachusetts (d. 1891)
- Aug 29 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and author (Old Ironsides), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1894)
- Aug 30 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, German composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1863)
