Famous Birthdays
- Aug 3 Francisco Barbieri, Spanish zarzuela opera composer (El Diablo en El Poder), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1894)
- Aug 3 Thomas Francis Meagre, Irish nationalist and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Waterford, Ireland (d. 1867)
- Aug 4 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, American politician (Governor of Indiana), born in Salisbury, Indiana (d. 1877)
- Aug 7 Faustina Hasse Hodges, English-American composer, born in Malmesbury, England (d. 1895)
- Aug 8 Théodule-Augustin Ribot, French realist painter (Breton Fishermen and Their Families), born in Saint-Nicolas-d'Attez, France (d. 1891)
- Aug 9 Daniel M. Frost, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Duanesburg, New York (d. 1900)
- Aug 10 Charles Keene, English artist and illustrator (worked in black and white), born in London, England (d. 1891)
- Aug 10 Charles Thomas Campbell, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in St. Thomas Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1895)
- Aug 10 Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d. 1886)
- Aug 11 Charlotte Mary Yonge, English writer (Heir of Redclyffe), born in Otterbourne, England (d. 1901)
- Aug 13 Goldwin Smith, English historian and journalist, born in Reading, Berkshire (d. 1910)
- Aug 14 Karel Miry, Belgian composer (De Vlaamse Leeuw), born in Ghent (d. 1889)
- Aug 15 Orris Sanford Ferry, American lawyer, politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bethel, Connecticut (d. 1875)
- Aug 18 Willem Jan Frans Nuyens, Dutch physician and Roman Catholic historian, born in Avenhorn, Netherlands (d. 1894)
- Aug 25 John Newton, American engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1895)
- Aug 26 Wilhelm Troszel, Polish operatic bass, composer and voice teacher, born in Warsaw (d. 1887)
- Aug 31 Galusha Aaron Grow, American politician, born in Ashford, Connecticut (d. 1907)
Famous Deaths
Pius VII (1742-1823)
Aug 20 Italian bishop of Imola and Pope (1800-23), dies at 83
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