Historical Events
Russian History
Aug 18 Russian Tsar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
- Aug 25 Tsar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through Western Europe
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 27 Baal Shem Tov, Jewish mystical rabbi (founder of the Hasidic Judaism), born in Okopy Świętej Trójcy, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1760)