Events in History Aug 13 British fleet under Lord Seymour overthrows Suriname Historic Event Aug 23 Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power. French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte Aug 27 British invasion army lands in North Holland Aug 30 Batavian fleet surrenders to British Birthdays in History Aug 11 Joachim de Barrande, French paleontologist/geologist Aug 20 Heinrich von Gagern, German liberal politician, born in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1880) Deaths in History Aug 2 Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French inventor (1st hot air balloon), dies at 54 Aug 5 Richard Howe, British admiral, dies at 73 Aug 7 John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 Aug 15 Giuseppe Parini, Italian prose writer and poet (Il Giorno), dies at 70 Pius VI Aug 29 Pope Pius VI [Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71 Pope Pius VI Aug 31 Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (b. 1720) 1798 Pure History by Year 1800 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists
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