Famous Birthdays
- Aug 15 Ferdinando Bertoni, Italian composer, born in Salò, Lombardy (d. 1813)
- Aug 21 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, born in Tournus, France (d. 1805)
- Aug 24 Johann Balthasar Kehl, German composer, born in Coburg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1778)
- Aug 29 Charles Townshend, English politician, 3rd Viscount of Townshend, born in Raynham Hall, Norfolk (d. 1767)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 15 Gerhard Noodt, Dutch lawyer, dies at 77
