Historical Events
Event of Interest
Aug 16 The French state commissions sculptor Auguste Rodin for a large sculpted doorway 'The Gates of Hell' for the proposed Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 5 Gertrude E Durden Rush, American composer, and playwright (Black Girls Burden), born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1962)
- Aug 6 Hans Moser, Austrian actor (Hello Service Man, Once Upon a Time), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
- Aug 7 Ernst Laqueur, Dutch chemist and psychologist (sexual hormones), born near Breslau, Germany (d. 1947)
- Aug 8 Earle Page, Australian politician (d. 1961)
- Aug 10 Clarence Cameron White, American concert violinist, and composer (Ouanga!), born in Clarksville, Tennessee (d. 1960)
- Aug 10 Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1964)
- Aug 11 Frederick Jerome Work, African-American composer, arranger (The Jubilee Singers), and music publisher, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1942)
- Aug 12 Christy Mathewson, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1905, 21; Triple Crown 1905, 08; NL wins leader 1905, 07, 08, 10; 2 x no-hitters; NY Giants), born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania (d. 1925)
- Aug 12 Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, English poet and author (The Well of Loneliness), born in Bournemouth, England (d. 1943)
- Aug 14 Fred Alexander, American tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1908, 5-time US Indoor winner), born in Sea Bright, New Jersey (d. 1969)
- Aug 17 Leo Ascher, Austrian-American operetta composer (Hoheit tanzt Walzer (Her Highness Dances the Waltz); Der Soldat der Marie (Marie's Soldier)), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1942)
- Aug 17 Percy Sherwell, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (13 Tests, 1 x 100, 36 dismissals; Transvaal), born in Isipingo, South Africa (d. 1948)
- Aug 21 Johan H. Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter and leader of Order Service (OD), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1942)
- Aug 22 George Herriman, American cartoonist (Krazy Kat), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1944)
- Aug 22 Gorch Fock [Johann Wilhelm Kinau], German author and poet, born in Finkenwerder, Hamburg, Germany (d. 1916)
- Aug 23 Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (Jessie and Morgiana), born in Vyatka, Kirov Oblast, Russia (d. 1932)
- Aug 24 André Cheron [Duval], French-American silent and sound screen character actor (The King of Kings; Anna Karenina; Wife vs. Secretary), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1952)
- Aug 24 Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn, Scottish baron and diplomat (d. 1964)
- Aug 25 Robert E. Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1975)
- Aug 26 Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (coined the term 'Cubism'), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1918)
- Aug 29 Marie-Louise Meilleur, French Canadian supercentenarian lived past 117, born in Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada (d. 1998)
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962)
Aug 31 Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948), born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
Famous Deaths
- Aug 5 Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)
- Aug 15 Adelaide Neilson, English stage actress (Julia-The Hunchback), dies while horse riding at 32
- Aug 16 Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (41st Governor of Georgia), dies at 67
- Aug 17 Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer, dies at 70
- Aug 28 Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and geologist, dies at 75
- Aug 29 Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Bvt Major General (Union Army), dies at 47
- Aug 29 Paul Octave Hébert, American Brigadier General and 14th Governor of Louisiana, dies at 61
