- Aug 1 Rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY
- Aug 12 Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid
- Aug 16 General Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan territory to British forces under the command of Major General Sir Isaac Brock, who capture Fort Detroit with the help of Indigenous warriors led by Tecumseh
- Aug 19 US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere
- Aug 22 Swiss traveller Johann Ludwig Burckhardt is the 1st European to rediscover the Nabataean city of Petra (modern Jordan)
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