Historical Events
Battle of the Nile
Aug 1 Battle of the Nile: British Royal Navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson attacks and decimates the French fleet at Aboukir Bay off the Nile Delta, Egypt
- Aug 2 Battle of the Nile: British Royal Navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson further decimates the French fleet
- Aug 3 Battle of the Nile: British Admiral Horatio Nelson forces the remnants of the French fleet to surrender, concluding a decisive victory for the British who capture or destroy 11 French ships of the line and 2 frigates
Irish Rebellion of 1798
Aug 22 French troops land in Kilcummin harbour in County Mayo, Ireland, to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion
- Aug 27 Battle of Castlebar, Ireland: French army and Irish rebels rout a larger the British force
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Aug 1 François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753)
- Aug 7 Johann Gottlieb Sollner, German composer and theologian, dies at 65
- Aug 15 Felice Alessandri, Italian organist, harpsichordist, pianist, and opera composer, dies at 50
- Aug 21 Corneille-François de Nélis, Flemish scholar and bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62
- Aug 24 Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)
- Aug 28 James Wilson, One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, dies at 55
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