- Aug 8 Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio.
Daguerreotype Photographic Process
Aug 19 Louis Daguerre's daguerreotype photographic process with complete working instructions is published "free to the world" in Paris as a gift to the world from the French government
- Aug 23 British capture Hong Kong from China
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