Historical Events
Appointment of Interest
Aug 12 Robert Southey is appointed British Poet Laureate by King George III
- Aug 30 Battle of Kulm: French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 5 Carnot Posey, American Confederate brigadier general, born in Wilkinson County, Mississippi (d. 1863)
- Aug 5 Ivar Aasen, Norwegian linguist and poet, born in Ørsten, Norway (d. 1896)
- Aug 10 William Henry Fry, American composer (Niagara Symphony), music director (Musical Fund Society), journalist, and music critic, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
- Aug 15 Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic, born in Mont-sous-Vaudrey, France (d. 1891)
- Aug 18 Benjamin Alvord, American scientist and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Vancouver, Washington (d. 1884)
- Aug 21 Jean Stas, Belgian chemist, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1891)
- Aug 26 Nicaise de Keyser, Belgian painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks), born in Zandvliet, Belgium (d. 1887)
- Aug 30 Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria, born in Augsburg, Germany (d. 1862)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 1 Carl Stenborg, Swedish composer, dies at 60
- Aug 11 Henry James Pye, English poet, British Poet Laureate (1790-1813), dies at 68
- Aug 19 Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, German composer, dies at 54
- Aug 19 Josef Blažej Smrček, Czech organist and composer, dies at 61
- Aug 20 Jan Krtitel Vanhal, Czech organist, cellist, and composer, dies at 74
- Aug 20 Johann Baptist Wanhal [Jan Křtitel Vaňhal], Czech organist, cellist, composer, and teacher, dies at 74
- Aug 21 Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Queen consort of Sweden, dies at 67
- Aug 23 Alexander Wilson, Scottish ornithologist and naturalist, dies at 47
- Aug 26 Daniel Gottlob Turk, German composer, dies at 63
- Aug 26 Theodor Körner, German soldier and poet (Zriny, Sword Song), dies fighting in the Napoleonic wars at 21
