Famous Birthdays
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Aug 28 German writer and social philosopher (Faust), born in Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
- Aug 31 Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow), born in Moscow (d. 1802)
Famous Weddings
Samuel Hood
Aug 25 British admiral Samuel Hood (24) weds Susannah Linzee in Portsmouth, England
Famous Deaths
- Aug 13 Johann Elias Schlegel, German writer and critic, dies at 30
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