Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), born in Nantucket, Massachusetts (d. 1889)
- Aug 2 Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange, born in Soestdijk, Netherlands (d. 1848)
- Aug 3 Joseph Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp), born in Antwerp (d. 1894)
- Aug 4 Lovell Harrison Rosseau, American lawyer politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Stanford, Kentucky (d. 1869)
- Aug 7 Henry Litolff, French composer and pianist, born in London, England (d. 1891)
- Aug 13 Lucy Stone, American abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Association), born in West Brookefield, Massachusetts (d. 1893)
- Aug 18 William Farquhar Barry, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New York City (d. 1879)
- Aug 23 Rufus Ingalls, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Denmark, Maine (d. 1893)
- Aug 30 Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (1876-78), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1895)
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