Events in History
- Aug 14 English fleet occupies Havana
- Aug 22 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport, Rhode Island, Mercury
Birthdays in History
- Aug 12 George IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover (1820-30), born in St James's Palace, London (d. 1830)
Authors
Civil Rights Activists
Inventors
Kings
Revolutionaries
Scientists