Events in History
Event of Interest
Aug 21 Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery

Nat Turner
Event of Interest
Aug 24 John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on the HMS Beagle

Charles Darwin
Event of Interest
Aug 29 Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer

Michael Faraday
Birthdays in History
- Aug 16 Edward Payson Chapin, American lawyer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Waterloo, New York (d. 1863)
- Aug 16 John Jones Ross, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (1884-87), born in Quebec City, Canada (d. 1901)
- Aug 19 Stephen Gano Burbridge, "Butcher of Kentucky", American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Georgetown, Kentucky (d. 1894)
- Aug 28 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady of the United States (1877-81), born in Chillicothe, Ohio (d. 1889)
Deaths in History
- Aug 23 August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70