Historical Events
- Aug 3 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro
- Aug 10 Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200
- Aug 12 The town of Chicago is incorporated (population 350)
- Aug 24 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Britain Abolishes the Slave Trade
Aug 28 Britain's Slavery Abolition Act gains royal assent
Fighting The Scourge of Child Labour
Aug 29 Britain’s 1st Factory Act becomes law "to regulate the Labour of Children and young Persons in the Mills and Factories of the United Kingdom"
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 3 Auguste Schmidt, German teacher and feminist, born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1902)
- Aug 5 Carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony, born in Vienna (d. 1907)
- Aug 7 Powell Clayton, American politician, diplomat, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania (d. 1914)
- Aug 11 Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
- Aug 11 Robert G. Ingersoll, American writer, orator and agnostic, born in Dresden, New York (d. 1899)
- Aug 12 William Price Sanders, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Frankfort, Kentucky (d. 1863)
Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)
Aug 20 23rd President of the United States (Republican: 1889-93), born in North Bend, Ohio
