Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 12 Jean Louis Nicodé, Prussian pianist and composer (Das Meer; Gloria!), born in Jeżyce (now Poznań), Poland (d. 1919)
- Aug 19 Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general most noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, born in Tiflis, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (d. 1926)
- Aug 28 Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor, born in Grayvoron, Russia (d. 1939)
Famous Weddings
Stonewall Jackson
Aug 4 Confederate general Thomas Jackson (29) weds Elinor Junkin in Lexington
Famous Deaths
- Aug 6 Josif Josifovich Genishta, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 57
- Aug 15 Giovanni Battista Polledro, Italian composer, dies at 72
- Aug 18 Peter Lichtenthal, Austrian composer, musicologist, and physician, dies at 73
- Aug 23 Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806)
Charles Napier (1782-1853)
Aug 29 British soldier and Major General of the Bombay Army who conquered Sindh and became its Governor (1843-47), dies at 71
