Historical Events Aug 14 English fleet occupies Havana Aug 22 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport, Rhode Island, Mercury Events in 1762 Famous Birthdays Aug 10 Santiago Ferrer, Spanish composer, born in Spain (d. 1824) Aug 12 George IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover (1820-30), born in St James's Palace, London (d. 1830) Born in 1762 Famous Deaths Aug 13 John Alberti, Dutch theologian and philologist, dies at 64 Aug 21 Mary Wortley Montagu, English poet and writer (wrote about life in Istanbul, advocated for smallpox inoculation) dies at 73 Aug 31 Emperor Momozono, 116th Emperor of Japan, dies at 21 Jul 1762 History by Year Sep 1762 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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