Birthdays in History
- Aug 8 Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746)
- Aug 24 Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer and King of Corsica [or 8/25], born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1756)
- Aug 26 Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)
- Aug 28 Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Wife of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, born in Wolfenbüttel, Germany (d. 1715)
Deaths in History
- Aug 8 Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82
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