* Robert Trimble – June 16, 1826 – August 25, 1828

* August 8 – Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Spanish politician and historian ( b. 1828 )

* August 27, 1828 – Simón Bolívar declares himself dictator of Gran Colombia.

* August 27, 1828 – South America: Brazil and Argentina recognize the independence of Uruguay.

* August 27, 1828 – South America: Brazil and Argentina recognize the independence of Uruguay.

* August 6 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist ( d. 1828 )

* August 12 – Thomas Bewick, English wood engraver ( d. 1828 )

* Gabriella di Vergy ( 8 August 1828, Theatre S. Carlos, Lisbon ) 1832, Genoa

Together, Wilhelm and Henriette had four children: Jacob Grimm ( 3 April 1826 – 15 December 1826 ), Herman Friedrich Grimm ( 6 January 1828 – 16 June 1901 ), Rudolf Georg Grimm ( 31 March 1830 – 13 November 1889 ), and Barbara Auguste Luise Pauline Marie ( 21 August 1832 – 9 February 1919 ).

During the regencies of Anna Amalia ( 1758 – 1775 ) and her son Carl August ( 1809 – 1828 ), Weimar became an important cultural centre of Europe, having been home to such luminaries as Goethe, Schiller, and Herder ; and in music the piano virtuoso Hummel ( a pupil of Mozart ), Liszt, and Bach.

** William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of India from August 1823 to February 1828

After the failure of this congress to write a new constitution, Bolívar proclaimed himself dictator on August 27, 1828 through the Decree of Dictatorship.

but he died on August 30, 1828, over five years before the General Assembly created a new county named in his honor.

Wales was first settled in 1726 and was officially incorporated on August 23, 1775 as South Brimfield, a name it kept until February 20, 1828.

Finally, in June 1828, the Admiralty announced that Codrington was being relieved of his command ( although he remained in acting-command until his replacement arrived in August ).

At Stephen F. Austin ’ s insistence, the petition of the citizens to be attached to his colony was finally approved in August, 1828.

Part of the canal opened for traffic in August 1827, and it was completed in March 1828.

William Hyde Wollaston FRS ( 6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828 ) was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering two chemical elements and for developing a way to process platinum ore.

In later years Tieck carried on a varied literary activity as critic ( Dramaturgische Blätter, 2 vols., 1825 – 1826 ; Kritische Schriften, 2 vols., 1848 ); he also edited the translation of Shakespeare by August Wilhelm Schlegel, who was assisted by Tieck's daughter Dorothea ( 1790 – 1841 ) and by Wolf Heinrich, Graf von Baudissin ( 1789 – 1878 ); Shakespeares Vorschule ( 2 vols., 1823 – 1829 ); the works of Heinrich von Kleist ( 1826 ) and of Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz ( 1828 ).

# Elizabeth Grenville ( 24 October 1756 – 21 December 1842 ), who married the 1st Earl of Carysfort ( 12 August 1751 – 7 April 1828 ) on 12 April 1787 and had three daughters.

* William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland ( 17 August 1827 – 28 January 1828 )

Thomas Bewick ( c. 11 August 1753 – 8 November 1828 ) was an English wood engraver and ornithologist.

Albion K. Parris ( J ), until August 26, 1828

He was briefly Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between August 1827 and January 1828.

School began in August, the hottest part of the year, and for the first few days Miss Langford was very lenient with the children, letting them play a lot and the new ones sort of get acquainted with one another.

Under this Agreement the first annual review of rice availabilities will be made in August 1960.

`` Much of the navy's future depends upon her '', an American naval announcement said on the Skipjack's first arrival in British waters in August, 1959, for exhibition to selected high officers at Portland underwater research station.

In August while stopping in Greenock, Scotland, three members of the crew on liberty rendered first aid to a girl who fell from a train.

* During the first week of August in Wales, the National Eisteddfod of Wales is held, in which many aspects of Welsh art and culture are celebrated.

* During the first week of August in Sweden, the Medieval Week of Wisby in Gotland is held each year.

* During the first week of August is World Breastfeeding Week.

* The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is held the first full week in August each year.

* The Pennsic War, a massive gathering of the Society for Creative Anachronism, takes place about the first week of August every year.

* The first week of August is " Indian Week " for the Penobscot Tribe in Old Town, Maine.

* The first full weekend in August each year, Twinsburg, Ohio, celebrates Twins Days.

** Earliest day on which Caribana celebration can fall, celebrated on the first Weekend of August.

** Earliest day on which Emancipation Day can fall, celebrated on the first Monday of August.

* Earliest day on which Civic Holiday can fall ; celebrated on the first Monday of August.

* Earliest day on which Commerce Day, or Frídagur verslunarmanna, can fall ; celebrated on the first Monday of August.

* Earliest day on which International Friendship Day can fall, celebrated on the first Sunday of August.

Augustus (, September 23, 63 BC – August 19, 14 AD ) was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.

Benzene, C < sub > 6 </ sub > H < sub > 6 </ sub >, is the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon and was recognized as the first aromatic hydrocarbon, with the nature of its bonding first being recognized by Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz in the 19th century.

Albert married first, to Princess Dorothea ( 1 August 1504-11 April 1547 ), daughter of King Frederick I of Denmark, in 1526.

In 1926, the Aga Khan gave a cup ( the Aga Khan Trophy ) to be awarded to the winners of an international team show jumping competition held at the annual horse show of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Ireland every first week in August.

* 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time ( Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708 ).

The first official celebration will take place in Wellington in August 2012, with the planting of pohutukawa and Norfolk pines along Thorndon Esplanade.

The Falcons had their first season in, and their first preseason game on August 1,, losing to the Philadelphia Eagles.