Aug 12 Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal, dies at 71 Aug 18 Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer (b. 1728) Aug 30 Ignacy Potocki, Polish politician and influential nobleman (co-wrote 3 May Constitution), dies at 59 Jul 1809 Famous Deaths by Year Sep 1809 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide