Historical Events
- Aug 5 Jacobite Rising 1745: Jacobite forces capture British company of troops under Captain Scott
Event of Interest
Aug 19 Jacobite Rising 1745 : Bonnie Prince Charlie, raises his standard at Glenfinnan, Scotland, igniting the second Jacobite rebellion.
- Aug 31 Jacobite Rising 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle, Scotland
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Catherine the Great & Peter III
Aug 21 Future Russian Tsar Peter III marries Ekaterina Alexeievna later Catherine II (Catherine the Great)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 30 Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, dies at 57
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