David Hume ( 25 August 1776 ) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.

In August 1776, British General William Howe launched a massive naval and land campaign designed to seize New York.

* August 18 – Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer ( b. 1776 )

* August 13 – Louis François I de Bourbon, prince de Conti, French military leader ( d. 1776 )

Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro di Quaregna e di Cerreto, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto ( 9 August 1776, Turin, Piedmont – 9 July 1856 ) was an Italian savant.

On August 27, 1776, the Battle of Long Island ( also called the Battle of Brooklyn ) was fought in Kings County.

The Battle of Bunker Hill must count as the greatest achievement in Putnam's life ; afterward, his fortunes took a downturn at the Battle of Long Island in August 1776, where he was forced to effect a hasty retreat.

# Sophie ( 5 August 1776 – 5 December 1783 ) Sophie d ' Artois

On August 20, 1776 the committee presented their report to Congress.

Bligh was appointed Commanding Lieutenant of Bounty on 16 August 1787, at the age of 32, after a career that included a tour as sailing master of James Cook's HMS Resolution during Cook's third and final voyage ( 1776 – 1779 ).

On August 19, 1791, after departing the federal capital area, Banneker wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson, who in 1776 had drafted the United States Declaration of Independence and in 1791 was serving as the United States Secretary of State.

The Declaration was then unanimously agreed upon and Congress resolved to have the Declaration engrossed and signed by those present, which signing took place on August 2, 1776.

The Randall burial plot near the William Floyd Parkway includes the grave of LT Stephen Randall ( 1736 – 1818 ), patriot of the American Revolution and a Suffolk County Militia veteran of the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776 as part of a company of Suffolk County Minutemen commanded by Captain Daniel Mulford, his wife Elizabeth Swezey ( 1747 – 1834 ) and several descendants.

This is a true Colonial-Era town ; the Declaration of Independence was publicly read from the steps of the courthouse in August 1776.

On August 30, 1776 he presented a Memorial to Congress.

On August 2, 1776, when delegates signed the formal copy of the Declaration of Independence, his position made him the second to sign, just after John Hancock, the president of the Congress.

*, was a row galley acquired in January 1776 with an unknown fate after August the same year

*, was one of 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress, launched in August 1776 ; and scuttled in November 1777 to prevent capture

Barthold Georg Niebuhr ( August 27, 1776, Copenhagen – January 2, 1831, Bonn ) was a Danish-German statesman and historian who became Germany's leading historian of Ancient Rome and a founding father of modern scholarly historiography.

The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, fought on August 27, 1776, was the first major battle in the American Revolutionary War following the United States Declaration of Independence, the largest battle of the entire conflict, and the first battle in which an army of the United States engaged, having declared itself a nation only the month before.

The British returned in force in August 1776, landing in New York and engaging the fledgling Continental Army at the Battle of Long Island in one of the largest engagements of the war.

Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford GCB ( 1 August 1776 – 27 March 1849, Markethill ), styled The Honourable Archibald Acheson from 1790 to 1806 and Lord Acheson from 1806 to 1807, was a British politician who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada and Governor General of British North America in the 19th century.

* 1776 – Battle of Long Island, a. k. a. Battle of Brooklyn ( August 27 )

He resigned in August 1776 when he was elected Governor of New Jerseyholding the office until his death in 1790.

The most recent hurricanes of note were David and Frederic in August 1979 and Allen in August 1980.

* Dice against the Nazis: Propaganda aimed to reduce fear, By Clive Gilbert and Kevin Allen, BBC News Magazine, 24 August 2007.

* August 13 – Murderers Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen become the last people to be executed in the United Kingdom.

* August 27 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian ( Burns And Allen ) ( b. 1895 )

* August 15 – Jim Allen, West Indian cricketer

* August 10 – Hurricane Allen ( category 3 ) pounds southeastern Texas.

* August 20 – Joan Allen, American actress

Joseph Allen Towles was born in Senora, Virginia on August 17, 1937.

Some of the Green Mountain Boys preferred to stick with Ethan Allen and were captured along with Allen in August 1775 in a bungled attempt to capture the city of Montreal.

Late on the night of August 15, Stark was awakened by the arrival of Parson Thomas Allen and a band of Massachusetts militiamen from nearby Berkshire County who insisted on joining his force.

* Joan of Arc's first letter to Reims — translation by Allen Williamson of the letter dictated by Joan of Arc to the city of Reims on August 5, 1429.

On August 19, 1884, Holliday shot ex-Leadville policeman, Billy Allen, after Allen threatened Holliday for failing to pay a $ 5 debt.

For instance, the former Robert Allen Zimmerman's legal name has been Robert Dylan ( Bob Dylan ) since he changed it in New York City Supreme Court in August 1962.

Agriculture suffered a further blow from Hurricane Allen in August 1980.

The settlement of Houston was founded in August 1836 by brothers J. K. Allen and A. C. Allen.

In August 1973, Allen became the Director of the National Security Agency ( N. S. A.

Gong played at the Big Chill festival in the UK between on 9 August 2009 with Allen, Smyth, Hillage, Giraudy, Sturt, Taylor and Travis in the line up, at the Beautiful Days Festival in Devon, 23 August 2009, and at the Lounge on the Farm festival near Canterbury in the summer of 2009.

The Allen County Jail, a strong stone structure, was built at a cost of $ 10, 000, in county bonds, which were voted in August, 1868.