Famous Birthdays
- Aug 5 Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer and theorist, born in Beersel, Burgundian Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1474) [date disputed]
- Aug 10 Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)
- Aug 16 Albert II of Habsburg, King of Bohemia, Hungary and Germany, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1439)
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