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What Happened in August 1711

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Historical Events

Peter the Great Flees Azov

Aug 1 After being surrounded Tsar Peter the Great flees Azov

Russian Tsar Peter the Great
  • Aug 23 British fleet under Admiral Hovenden Walker loses 950 men when 8 ships flounder on rocks at Ile-aux-Oeufs, on their way to attack Quebec
Events in 1711

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 5 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist, philosopher and astronomer, born in Zutphen, Netherlands (d. 1758)
  • Aug 19 Edward Boscawen, British admiral in the Royal Navy, born in Tregothnan, Cornwall (d. 1761)
Born in 1711

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 22 Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644)
  • Aug 25 Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician

Famous People by Generation

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