Events in History
- Aug 19 Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)
- Aug 22 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah
- Aug 24 Netherlands South Willems Port (Bosch-Liege) opens
Birthdays in History
- Aug 2 William Denison Whipple, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Madison County, New York (d. 1902)
- Aug 6 Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (Robbery Under Arms), born in London (d. 1915)
- Aug 7 August Ahlqvist, Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi), born in Kuopio, Finland (d. 1889)
- Aug 21 Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist, born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1903)
- Aug 26 Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
- Aug 27 Frank Stillman Nickerson, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Swanville, Maine (d. 1917)
Deaths in History
- Aug 13 René Laënnec, French physician who invented the stethoscope, dies of tuberculosis at 46