Famous Birthdays Aug 22 Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal, born in Grenoble, France (d. 1758) Born in 1679 Famous Deaths Aug 6 John Snell, British royalist, dies at 49 or 50 Aug 20 Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 Aug 24 Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614) Jul 1679 History by Year Sep 1679 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z