Historical Events
Fulton's Trip up the Hudson
Aug 17 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins first trip up Hudson River
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 8 Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (d. 1892)
- Aug 11 David Rice Atchison, American politician (not President of the United States for a day on March 4, 1849), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1886) [1]
- Aug 18 Charles Francis Adams Snr., American writer and diplomat, US Minister to the UK, son of President John Quincy Adams, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1886)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 5 Jeanne Baré [Baret], French explorer (first woman to circumnavigate the world with Bougainville expedition, initially disguised as a man), dies at 67
- Aug 15 Johann Nikolaus Tetens, German-Danish philosopher and mathematician, dies at 70
- Aug 16 Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72
- Aug 22 Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, dies at 71
