Historical Events
- Aug 18 Giovanni Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author and composer (Lettera Famigliare), born in Venice (d. 1739)
- Aug 12 John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
- Aug 17 Nicola Antonio Porpora, Italian composer and singing teacher, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1768)
- Aug 19 Antonio Tonelli, Italian cellist and composer, born in Carpi, Duchy of Modena (now Italy) (d. 1765)
- Aug 19 Eustace Budgell, English writer (The Spectator, writing 37 numbers signed X), born in Saint Thomas, Exeter, England (d. 1737)
- Aug 29 Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, German composer, born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1764)
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