Famous Birthdays
- Aug 6 Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV (1661-67), born in Tours, France (d. 1710)
- Aug 12 Georg Christoph Leuttner, German ecclesiastical composer, born in Tölz, Bavaria (d. undoubtedly)
- Aug 12 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer, baptized in Wartenberg (d. 1704)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 5 J. Henry Alting, German theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61
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