Historical Events
- Aug 1 Apprenticeship system abolished in most of the British Empire. Former slaves no longer indentured to former owners.
US Exploring Expedition
Aug 18 United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica
- Aug 23 Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 3 Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese soldier and statesman (Prime Minister of Japan 1889–91,1898–1900), born in Hagi, Japan (d. 1922)
- Aug 12 Joseph Barnby, British conductor, composer, and music educator, born in York, England (d. 1896)
- Aug 17 Laura de Force Gordon, California lawyer, a prominent suffragette, and 1st woman to run a daily newspaper in the US (Stockton Daily Leader, 1874), born in North East, Pennsylvania (d. 1907)
Howard B. Cushing (1838-1871)
Aug 22 American military officer, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
