Famous Birthdays
- Aug 8 Adolf, Count of Nassau-Siegen, third son of Count ruling Count John VII born at Dillenburg Castle, Dillenburg (d. 1608)
- Aug 14 William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist, born in Alford, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1642)
- Aug 17 Johann Valentin Andreae, German theologian and writer (claimed to have written Rosicrucian text), born in Herrenberg, Württemberg (d. 1654)
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