Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 2 Henry Steel Olcott, American military officer and co-founder of the Theosophical Society, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1907)
- Aug 3 Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer and conductor, born in Rijeka, Croatia (d. 1914)
- Aug 11 Thomas Ogden Osbord, American lawyer, diplomat and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Licking County, Ohio (d. 1904)
- Aug 12 Hely Hutchinson Almond, Scottish classics scholar and early rugby umpire and advocate (Loretto School), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1903)
- Aug 16 Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist, psychologist and philosopher, born in Mannheim, Duchy of Baden, German Confederation (d. 1920)
- Aug 20 Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, American aeronaut and inventor, born in Jefferson Mills, Coos County, New Hampshire (d. 1913)
- Aug 23 Alexander Chambers, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cattaraugus, New York (d. 1888)
- Aug 27 James A. Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1901)
Famous Weddings
- Aug 9 King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria
Famous Deaths
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832)
Aug 24 French mechanical engineer and mathematician known as the "father of thermodynamics", dies of cholera at 36
- Aug 31 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, French violinist and composer, dies at 53
