Historical Events
The American Scholar
Aug 31 Ralph Waldo Emerson gives his famous "The American Scholar" speech to Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, declares American literary independence from Europe
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 11 Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-94), born in Limoges, France (d. 1894)
- Aug 16 Emile A. H. Seipgens, Dutch priest, writer and beer brewer, born in Roermond, Netherlands (d. 1837)
- Aug 24 Theodore Dubois, French composer, born in Rosnay, Marne, France (d. 1924)
- Aug 27 Heinrich Urban, German violinist, composer, and teacher of Wanda Landowska and Ignace Jan Paderewski, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1901)
- Aug 30 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, US 1st Lady (1881-85), born in Culpeper Court House, Virginia (d. 1880)
