Historical Events
- Aug 8 Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki, Japan
- Aug 24 1st potato chips prepared by chef George Crum at Moon's Lake House, near Saratoga Springs, New York (popular legend says he invented though earlier recipes exist)
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 12 Jean Louis Nicode, composer
- Aug 19 Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general most noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, born in Tiflis, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (d. 1926)
- Aug 28 Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor, born in Grayvoron, Russia (d. 1939)
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Aug 4 Confederate general Thomas Jackson (29) weds Elinor Junkin in Lexington
Stonewall Jackson
