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Famous People Who Died in August 1823

  • Aug 2 Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer and mathematician known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, dies at 70
  • Aug 3 Jacob Abraham de Mist, Dutch statesman, dies at 74

Person of interestPius VII

Aug 20 Pius VII [Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti], Italian bishop of Imola and Pope (1800-23), dies at 83

Bishop of Imola and Pope Pius VII
Bishop of Imola and Pope
Pius VII
  • Aug 20 Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German encyclopedia publisher, dies at 51

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