Historical Events
- Aug 13 British fleet under Lord Seymour overthrows Suriname
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 4 Olof Wilhelm Uddén, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm (d. 1868)
- Aug 11 Joachim Barrande, French paleontologist and geologist (fossils in Bohemia, opposed Darwin's Theory of Evolution), born at Saugues, France (d. 1883)
- Aug 20 Heinrich von Gagern, German liberal politician, born in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1880)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 2 Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French inventor (1st hot air balloon), dies at 54
- Aug 5 Richard Howe, British admiral, dies at 73
- Aug 6 Joseph Friebert, Austrian composer, dies at 74
- Aug 7 John Bacon, English sculptor - most successful public sculptor of his time, dies at 58
- Aug 15 Giuseppe Parini, Italian prose writer and poet (Il Giorno), dies at 70
- Aug 16 Vincenzo Manfredini, Italian harpsichordist, composer, and music theorist, dies at 61
- Aug 20 Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, German composer, dies at 37
Pius VI (1717-1799)
Aug 29 Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71
- Aug 31 Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect who introduced Neoclassical architecture to Denmark, dies at 79
