Historical Events
- Aug 7 Slave uprising on Curacao
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 10 Daniel Gottlob Türk, German organist and composer, born in Claußnitz, Saxony (d. 1813)
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
Aug 18 Italian composer (Tarare; La Fiera), opera director (Habsburg Court, 1774-92), and Kapellmeister (Austrian Imperial Court, 1788-1824), born in Legnago, Republic of Venice
- Aug 24 Letizia Ramolino, Italian noble and mother of Napoleon Bonaparte, born in Ajaccio, France (d. 1836)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 12 Rachel Ruysch, Dutch painter (portrait of sovereign Johan von de Pfalz), dies at 86
