Famous Birthdays Aug 9 Jacob Campo Weyerman, Dutch painter and writer active during the Dutch Enlightenment, born in Charleroi, Belgium (d. 1747) Aug 27 Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal, born in Ödenburg, Austria (d. 1748) Born in 1677 Famous Deaths Aug 28 Wallerant Vaillant, French painter and engraver, dies at 54 Jul 1677 History by Year Sep 1677 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z