Events in History
- Aug 1 Apprenticeship system abolished in most of the British Empire. Former slaves no longer indentured to former owners.
Historic Expedition
Aug 18 United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica
Charles Wilkes
- Aug 23 Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class
Historic Publication
Aug 29 Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm announce their intention to publish a German Dictionary, eventually completed in 1961, after 123 years
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Birthdays in History
- Aug 17 Laura de Force Gordon, California lawyer, a prominent suffragette, and 1st woman to run a daily newspaper in the US (Stockton Daily Leader, 1874), born in North East, Pennsylvania (d. 1907)