Historical Events
- Aug 29 English writer Edmond Hoyle publishes his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist
Famous Birthdays
Nathanael Greene (1742-1786)
Aug 7 American military leader (major general during the American Revolutionary War), born in Potowomut, Rhode Island
- Aug 14 Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris), born in Marseille, France (d. 1802)
Pius VII (1742-1823)
Aug 14 Italian bishop of Imola and Pope (1800-23), born in Cesena, Italy
Famous Deaths
- Aug 25 José António Carlos de Seixas, Portuguese composer, dies at 38
