Famous Birthdays Aug 24 Meinrad Spiess, German composer, born in Honsolgen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1761) Born in 1683 Famous Deaths Aug 18 Charles Hart, British Shakespearean actor, dies Aug 24 John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616) Aug 26 Christoph Schultze, German composer, dies at 76 Jul 1683 History by Year Sep 1683 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z