Historical Events
- Aug 4 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes his riding school with performances in London, precursor of the circus
- Aug 16 American militiamen defeat British forces at the Battle of Bennington near Vermont, during the American Revolutionary War
- Aug 28 American Revolutionary War - Battle of Cooch's Bridge takes place near Newark, Delaware.
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 14 Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies (1825-30), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1830)
Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851)
Aug 14 Danish physicist who discovered electromagnetism and chemist (View of Chemical Law), born in Rudkøbing, Denmark
- Aug 29 Hyacinth [Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin], Founder of Sinology (d. 1853)
