- Aug 1 Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies
- Aug 5 Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, Dutch count and Minister of Foreign affairs (1813-14), dies at 71
- Aug 7 Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor (b. 1752)
- Aug 8 Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80
- Aug 14 Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer and violinist, brother of Christian Friedrich Ruppe, dies at 63
- Aug 17 Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak general, dies at 31