- Aug 3 British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa
- Aug 7 Train derails on bridge in Eden, Colorado, during a flash flood, kills 96
- Aug 9 Libanus McLouth Todd of Rochester, New York patents his check-writing machine, the Protectograph designed to protect against check forgers
Event of Interest
Aug 10 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (future Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest
John XXIII
- Aug 10 Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock
- Aug 10 Battle of the Yellow Sea: Japanese fleet prevented Russians breaking out of Port Arthur
- Aug 10 Higlanders Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games
- Aug 11 German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa
- Aug 11 The Russian fleet in the harbor of at Port Arthur is exposed to Russian guns on the hill above the harbor; Russian ships attempt escape, but most are forced back into harbor by Japanese ships
- Aug 16 NYC begins building Grand Central Station
- Aug 17 Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0
- Aug 17 George H Reid succeeds John Watson as Prime Minister of Australia
First Labour Government
Aug 18 Chris Watson resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by George Reid
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Boxing Title Fight
Aug 25 Champion James J. Jeffries scores a 2nd round TKO win over Jack Munroe in San Francisco; Jeffries retires after his 7th heavyweight boxing title defence
James J. Jeffries