Events in History
- Aug 7 The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.
- Aug 17 Ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company
- Aug 20 Government Kappeijne of Coppello resigns
- Aug 21 The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.
- Aug 23 Governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo
Birthdays in History
- Aug 6 Joseph Wirth, 5th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic, Germany (Stalin Peace Prize), born in Freiburg im Breisgau, German Empire (d. 1956)
- Aug 8 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
- Aug 8 "Dr. Bob" Smith, American physician and co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont (d. 1950)
- Aug 18 Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian lieutenant-general and corps commander of the White Army during the Russian Civil War, born in Russia (d. 1970)
Claude Grahame-White
Aug 21 Claude Grahame-White, English aviation pioneer who was the 1st to make a night flight, born in Bursledon, England (d. 1959)
Claude Grahame-White
- Aug 31 Yoshihito [Taishō], 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), born in Akasaka Palace, Tokyo City, Japan (d. 1926)
Deaths in History
- Aug 3 Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
- Aug 8 Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher, dies at 83
- Aug 27 Rowland Hill, English inventor who introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840), dies at 84
- Aug 30 John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48
- Aug 31 William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies