Famous Birthdays
- Aug 2 Nicolas de Pigage, French classical builder (Schloss Benrath), born in Lunéville, France (d. 1796)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 10 Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman, dies at 66
- Aug 17 Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668)
- Aug 21 Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanian historian and Monarch of Moldova (1710-11), dies at 49
- Aug 23 Antoine Mouque, Flemish composer, organist and singer, dies at 64
- Aug 23 Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister, dies at 84
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
Aug 26 Dutch microbiologist, microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa and naturalist (Philosophical Transactions), dies at 90
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