Darwin Returns to Bahia
Aug 1 As part of their homeward journey on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin returns to Bahia in Brazil
- Aug 17 British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths
- Aug 17 Charles Darwin leaves South America for the last time on HMS Beagle
- Aug 19 HMS Beagle anchors at Angra, Azores
- Aug 30 The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
- Aug 31 HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands
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