Discover what happened on August 08 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- 1803: Colonel de Brancion (French soldier (1803-1855))
- 1803: Émile Vézin (politician of the Second French Republic (1803-1867))
- 1803: Pyotr Svistunov
- 1803: Johan Anders Lindgren
- 1803: Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney (British Earl (1803-1877))
- 1803: William Adams Nicholson (architect (1803–1853))
- 1803: Bernt Anker Collet (Norwegian-born Danish landowner)
- 1803: Angelika Gavuzzi
- 1803: Charles Abbott ((1803-1838))
- 1803: Elizabeth Platten ((1803-1880))
- 1803: Arthur Pearson (Peerage person ID=629016)
- 1803: Maria Magdalena Zabala Saraleguí (1803-08-08)
- 1803: Maria Josepha Barriola Zuriarraín (1803-08-08)
- 1803: Elisabeth Alida van Paddenburgh (8 Aug 1803 Amsterdam – 4 Mar 1888 Utrecht)
- 1803: John C. Nash (American lawyer (1803-1865), mayor of Rochester, New York)
- 1804: Peeter Joseph de Smedt (Belgian politician (1804-1889))
- 1804: Edmund Augustus Blundell (British diplomat)
- 1804: Julius Kummer (German jurist)
- 1804: Justin Dubois
- 1804: Mary Roberdeau Swift (first wife of George Washington Whistler, 1804-1827)
- 1806: Lambert Coppin
- 1806: Friedrich Wimpf
- 1806: Pierre Clémenceau
- 1807: Emilie Flygare-Carlén (Swedish novelist (1807-1892))
- 1807: August Ballnus (German parson (1807-1871))
- 1807: James Calvin Sly (American Mormom missionary (1807–1864))
- 1807: Franz Xaver Schantl
- 1807: Ignazio Maria Selitti (Roman Catholic bishop)
- 1807: Pierre Laffitte
- 1808: Joel Aldrich Matteson (American politician (1808–1873))
- 1808: Gustav Adolf von Ziegler
- 1808: Joel Aldrich Matteson (American politician (1808–1873))
- 1808: Gustav Adolf von Ziegler
- 1808: Edouard De Vigne (Belgian painter (1808-1866))
- 1808: Léonce Angrand (French painter and draughtsman (1808-1886))
- 1808: Joel Aldrich Matteson (American politician (1808–1873))
- 1808: Gustav Adolf von Ziegler
- 1808: Edouard De Vigne (Belgian painter (1808-1866))
- 1808: Léonce Angrand (French painter and draughtsman (1808-1886))
- 1808: Prokopije Ivačković (austro-Hungarian cleric)
- 1808: Louis Landeloos (Belgian politician and lawyer)
- 1808: Henry Randall (English Anglican priest)
- 1808: Charles Baillergeau
- 1808: Alexander George Fullerton ((died 1907))
- 1808: Teignmouth Sandys ((1808-1885))
- 1808: Christina Murén
- 1808: Justus Weihe (German physician in Herford (1808-1892))
- 1808: James Shaw ((1808-1879))
- 1808: Isidorus Mesens
- 1808: Bartholomaeus Van der Sande
- 1808: Friedrich Caspar Kropff
- 1808: Isidorus Mesens
- 1808: Bartholomaeus Van der Sande
- 1808: Friedrich Caspar Kropff
- 1808: Étienne Champagneur
- 1808: Johannes Petrus Heyligers (born 1808.08.08; painter)
- 1808: Q133889043
- 1816: Filippo Parlatore (botanist from Italy (1816-1877))
- 1816: Rudolf Klinckowström (Swedish writer (1816–1902))
- 1816: Georg Heinrich von Merz (German cleric)
- 1816: Alfred de Gouy d’Arsy (French politician (1816-1859))
- 1816: Maximilien Lauth
- 1816: Richard John Griffiths ((1816-1894))
- 1816: Andrea Capparozzo
- 1816: Brigitta Cornelis
- 1816: Filippo Parlatore (botanist from Italy (1816-1877))
- 1816: Rudolf Klinckowström (Swedish writer (1816–1902))
- 1816: Georg Heinrich von Merz (German cleric)
- 1816: Alfred de Gouy d’Arsy (French politician (1816-1859))
- 1816: Maximilien Lauth
- 1816: Richard John Griffiths ((1816-1894))
- 1816: Andrea Capparozzo
- 1819: Ciriaco Miguel Vigil
- 1819: William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo (Prince of Montenuovo (1819-1895))
- 1819: Heinrich Tramm (German architect)
- 1819: Jakab Palugyay (Hungarian restaurant owner (1819-1886))
- 1819: Ernest Du Laurens de la Barre (French writer (1819-1881))
- 1819: Charles Anderson Dana (American journalist and government official (1819–1897))
- 1819: Fredrik Burman (Swedish politician (1819-1888))
- 1819: Ludvig Jørgen Frederik Moltke
- 1819: Ștefan Emilian (Romanian architect (1819-1899))
- 1819: Elliot Christopher Cowdin (American businessman and politician (1819-1880))
- 1819: Éléonore-Palmyre Meurice (French pianist)
- 1819: Thomas Marshall Key (American politician)
- 1819: William Woodbridge (American politician (1819-1888))
- 1819: Horeczky Ferenc
- 1819: Philibert Naudin (author and illustrator)
- 1819: Horatia Morier (British noble (1819–1915); wife of Algernon St Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset)
- 1819: François Leblanc (French political activist)
- 1819: Gatien Chaplain-Duparc (French archaeologist)
- 1819: Václav Chabr
- 1819: Anna Jellinek
- 1819: Clémentine Martin-Buchère (French flower painter and still life painter)
- 1824: Archduke Ernest of Austria (Austrian archduke (1824-1899))
- 1824: Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (Marie of Hesse) (Empress consort of Russia (1855-1880))
- 1824: William Pinkney Whyte (American politician (1824-1908))
- 1824: Nikolay Gennadyevich Kaznakov
- 1824: Benjamin Franklin Jones (American businessman)
- 1824: Marius Engalière (French painter)
- 1824: Isidor Högfeldt (Swedish actor)
- 1824: Amédée Coutance (French botanist (1824-1895))
- 1824: Théodore Didier Delamarre (French painter)
- 1824: William Markee ((1824-1878))
- 1824: Edmund Lewis Clutterbuck ((1825-1861))
- 1824: Ehretia Sophia Smith ((born 1824))
- 1824: Neil Arthur Galwey (Peerage person ID=674291)
- 1824: Hugh Owen Wilson ((born 1824))
- 1824: Elizabeth Wooster Whitney ((1824-1912))
- 1829: Zhao Zhiqian (Chinese calligrapher (1829-1884))
- 1829: Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol (French diplomat (1829–1870))
- 1829: Hermann von der Schulenburg (German officer (1829-1865))
- 1829: Thomas Boyd (entomologist)
- 1829: Otto Kasper Friedrich Heinrich von Frankenberg-Lüttwitz
- 1829: Abel Jäntti
- 1829: Charles Edward Travis (American military officer)
- 1830: Catherine van Marcke-Demany (Belgian painter (1830-1901))
- 1832: Georg I of Saxony (King of Saxony (1832–1904))
- 1832: Léon Gautier (French archivist and literary historian (1832-1897))
- 1832: Georges-Louis Contesse (Swiss politician (1832-1882))
- 1832: Charles Joliet (French journalist (1832-1910))
- 1832: Carl Fredrik af Geijerstam (Swedish politician (1832-1886))
- 1832: James Allanson Picton (British independent minister, author, philosopher and Liberal politician (1832–1910))
- 1832: Imadegawa Saneaya (8 Aug 1832 – certain 5 Oct 1864)
- 1832: Hussey Chomley (Australian police officer)
- 1832: Alfred Gawan (artist and engraver)
- 1832: Pyotr Karatygin
- 1832: Edmund Fortescue Twysden ((1832-1864))
- 1832: Wilhelm Bischoff
- 1832: František Vacek
- 1832: Josephus Johannes Aghina
- 1832: James E. Smith (Civil War Union Army officer)
- 1832: John H. Woodbury (American politician in Massachusetts (183_-1880))
- 1832: Georg I of Saxony (King of Saxony (1832–1904))
- 1832: Léon Gautier (French archivist and literary historian (1832-1897))
- 1832: Georges-Louis Contesse (Swiss politician (1832-1882))
- 1832: Charles Joliet (French journalist (1832-1910))
- 1832: Carl Fredrik af Geijerstam (Swedish politician (1832-1886))
- 1832: James Allanson Picton (British independent minister, author, philosopher and Liberal politician (1832–1910))
- 1832: Imadegawa Saneaya (8 Aug 1832 – certain 5 Oct 1864)
- 1832: Hussey Chomley (Australian police officer)
- 1832: Alfred Gawan (artist and engraver)
- 1832: Pyotr Karatygin
- 1832: Edmund Fortescue Twysden ((1832-1864))
- 1832: Wilhelm Bischoff
- 1832: František Vacek
- 1832: Josephus Johannes Aghina
- 1832: James E. Smith (Civil War Union Army officer)
- 1832: John H. Woodbury (American politician in Massachusetts (183_-1880))
- 1833: Karl Klaus von der Decken (German explorer (1833-1865))
- 1833: Emanuel Cvjetićanin (Austro-Hungarian General)
- 1833: Karl Gustav Kreischer (librarian and university teacher (1834-1891))
- 1833: Joanny Domer (French painter (1833-1896))
- 1833: Justin-Chrysostome Sanson (French sculptor (1833–1910))
- 1833: Frano Getaldić-Gundulić (Croatian politician (1833–1899))
- 1833: Vladimir Golokhvastov
- 1833: Américo Brasiliense de Almeida Melo (Brazilian politician (1833-1896))
- 1833: Jacob Pieters Asman
- 1833: Tomàs Cases i Martí
- 1833: Théodore Roustan (French colonial administrator (1833-1906))
- 1833: Antoine Esquer (president of the Appeal court of Pondichéry (1833-1884))
- 1833: Koert Kisjes (Dutch photographer)
- 1833: William Cole-Hamilton ((1833-1882))
- 1833: Captain Basil Sidmouth de Ros Hall ((1833-1871))
- 1833: Ann Eliza Clark Gulick (Hawaiian missionary, educator, and author (1833–1938))
- 1833: Karl Klaus von der Decken (German explorer (1833-1865))
- 1833: Emanuel Cvjetićanin (Austro-Hungarian General)
- 1833: Karl Gustav Kreischer (librarian and university teacher (1834-1891))
- 1833: Joanny Domer (French painter (1833-1896))
- 1833: Justin-Chrysostome Sanson (French sculptor (1833–1910))
- 1833: Frano Getaldić-Gun