Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
Aug 5 German social philosopher and revolutionary socialist who co-authored "The Communist Manifesto" with Karl Marx, dies of throat cancer at 74
- Aug 6 George Frederick Root, American songwriter ("The Battle Cry of Freedom"), dies at 74
- Aug 13 Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies at 79
- Aug 19 John Wesley Hardin, American outlaw and gunfighter (claimed to have killed 27 men), shot dead in a saloon at 42
- Aug 24 John F. Loudon, Dutch sugar and indigo manufacturer, who Delft collection was left to the Rijksmuseum, dies at 74
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide