Events in History
Birthdays in History
Alfred Deakin (1856-1919)
Aug 3 Second Prime Minister of Australia (3 terms between 1903-10), born in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935)
Aug 10 American oil tycoon who drilled the 1st successful oil well in Los Angeles and set off the California oil boom, born in Fond du lac, Wisconsin
- Aug 10 William Willett, British inventor of Daylight Saving Time, born in Farnham, Surrey, England (d. 1915)
- Aug 12 "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (d. 1917)
- Aug 15 J. Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and 1st Labour representative in British Parliament, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1915)
- Aug 17 Vernon Lee [Violet Paget], British author (Satan the master), born in Boulogne, France (d. 1935)
- Aug 20 Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer, born in Panschwitz-Kuckau, Germany (d. 1909)
- Aug 27 Iwan Franko, Ukrainian writer and political activist, born in Nahuievychi, Galicia (d. 1916)
- Aug 30 Carle David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician and physicist, born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1927)
Deaths in History
- Aug 14 Constant Prévost, French geologist, dies at 69
- Aug 14 William Buckland, dean (Westminster)/geologist, dies
- Aug 19 Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist, dies at 39
- Aug 29 Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer, dies at 77
- Aug 30 Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (b. 1811)
- Aug 30 John Ross, British naval officer and explorer, dies at 79
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