Historical Events
- Aug 30 Russian and Swedish sign Treaty of Nystad, ending North Sea War
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 4 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)
- Aug 13 Francis Hutcheson, Irish composer, born in Dublin (d. 1784)
- Aug 21 Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, Dutch poet, born in Amsterdam (d. 1789)
- Aug 31 George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)
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