Historical Events
- Aug 19 Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Cook's First Voyage
Aug 25 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth, England, on his first voyage on board the Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Aug 17 Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
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