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What Happened in August 1691

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Historical Events

  • Aug 16 Yorktown, Virginia founded
  • Aug 19 Battle at Slankamen: "the Bloodiest battle of the Century" Austrian Hapsburg force defeats Ottoman army, killing Grand Vizer Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha

Event of Interest

Aug 26 Charles Perrault's poem "The Marquise of Salusses or the Patience of Griselidis" read aloud at the French Academy, later attached to his "Tales of Mother Goose" (1697)

Fairytale Writer Charles Perrault
Events in 1691

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 25 Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1736)
  • Aug 28 Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress, born in Braunschweig, Germany (d. 1750)
Born in 1691

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 14 Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)
  • Aug 19 Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Turkish grand vizer, dies in the Battle of Slankamen (b. 1637)

Famous People by Generation

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