Historical Events Aug 23 1st one-way streets open (London) Famous Birthdays Aug 8 Joris van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) (d. 1652) Aug 13 Johannes Andreas Quenstedt, German Lutheran theologian, born in Quedlinburg, Germany (d. 1688) Born in 1617 Famous Deaths Aug 13 Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman, dies at 76 Aug 24 Saint Rose of Lima [Isabel Flores de Olivia], Peruvian saint, a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, dies at 31 Jul 1617 History by Year Sep 1617 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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