Historical Events
- Aug 1 Battle of Minden, Westphalia: Anglo-German army under Prussian Field Marshal Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats a French army led by Marshal of France Marquis de Contades
- Aug 10 Carlos III crowned King of Spain
- Aug 12 Battle of Kunersdorf - Russian-Austrian army overpowers Prussians
- Aug 18 -19] 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France
Famous Birthdays
William Wilberforce (1759-1833)
Aug 24 British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade, born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England
Famous Deaths
- Aug 6 Eugene Aram, English philologist (b. 1704)
- Aug 8 Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor, opera composer (Der Tod Jesu), and Royal Kapellmeister to Frederick the Great (1740-59), dies at 55
- Aug 10 Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain (1746-59), dies at 46
- Aug 24 Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44
