Famous Birthdays
Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858)
Aug 22 French explorer and botanist who traveled with Alexander von Humboldt, born in La Rochelle, France (birth date disputed)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 3 Stanisław Konarski, Polish political writer and Catholic priest who influenced education reform in Poland, dies at 72
- Aug 20 Enrique Florez, Spanish historian, dies at 72
- Aug 22 George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709)
- Aug 25 Franz Nikolaus Novotny, Austrian composer, dies at 29
