Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 10 Isobel Gunn, Orkney women who disguised herself as a man to work for the Hudson Bay Company (one of the first women in Western Canada), born in Tankerness, Scotland (d. 1861) [1]
- Aug 15 Marie-Anne Gaboury, French-Canadian settler (first white woman to settle in Western Canada), born in Maskinongé, Quebec (d. 1875)
- Aug 19 Pierre-Jean de Béranger, French poet and songwriter, born in Paris, France (d. 1857)
- Aug 21 Jernej Kopitar, Slovene philologist and linguist (Slovenian Grammar), born in Repnje, Slovenia (d. 1844)
- Aug 29 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather), born in Montauban, France (d. 1867)
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