- Aug 3 Jeffrey Amherst, English army general (commanded British forces in North America) and Royal Governor of Virginia (1759-1768), dies at 80
- Aug 12 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kürzinger, German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister, dies at 73
- Aug 18 Josiah Spode, English potter and founder of Spode pottery works, dies at 64
- Aug 22 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general, dies at 73
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