What Happened in August 1631

Famous Birthdays

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Aug 9 English poet ("Absalom and Achitophel"), satirist ("Mac Flecknoe"; "The Medall") and playwright who was the first English Poet Laureate (1668-1700), born in Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, England [1]

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 8 Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)
  • Aug 31 Nicolaus Erich, German composer, dies at 43