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What Happened in August 1712

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Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 12 Jonas Hanway, English merchant, traveler, philanthropist and noted opponent of drinking tea, born in Portsmouth, England (d. 1786)
  • Aug 24 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician and astronomer, born in Terschelling, Netherlands (d. 1773)
Born in 1712

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 3 Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
  • Aug 4 Johann Jacob de Neufville, German composer, dies at 27
  • Aug 7 Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, German musician composer (Georg Frideric Handel's master), dies at 48
  • Aug 18 Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier
  • Aug 24 Thomas Bullis, Jr. English composer, dies at 54
  • Aug 26 Sebastian Anton Scherer, German composer, dies at 80
  • Aug 29 Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63

Famous People by Generation

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