Historical Events Aug 4 Crown prince Frederick of Prussia escapes to England Famous Birthdays Aug 27 Johann Georg Hamann, German counter-enlightenment philosopher ("Reason is language"), born in Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1788) Born in 1730 Famous Deaths Aug 10 Sebastien de Brossard, French composer and music theorist, dies at 74 Aug 17 Mauritius Vogt, German composer, dies at 61 Aug 31 Gottfried Finger, Moravian violist and Baroque composer dies at about 65 [born c. 1655-56] Jul 1730 History by Year Sep 1730 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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