His elder brother Henry, who had been in ill health in part due to problems with alcoholism, died on August 1, 1831.

* 1760 – August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal ( d. 1831 )

In August 1831, Juan Davis Bradburn the military commander of the custom station on Upper Galveston Bay gave asylum to two men who had escaped from slavery in Louisiana.

* August 15 – Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist ( b. 1831 )

* August 22 – Xianfeng Emperor, Qing Dynasty the 9th emperor ( b. 1831 )

* August 5 – Philip Sheridan, American general ( b. 1831 )

* August 9 – Charles Cros, French poet ( b. 1831 )

* August 16 – John Stith Pemberton, American founder of Coca-Cola ( b. 1831 )

* August 9 – John Paterson, politician in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly ( b. 1831 )

* August 30 – John Bell Hood, American Confederate general ( b. 1831 )

* August 27 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher ( d. 1831 )

* August 17 – Dmitry Senyavin, Russian admiral ( d. 1831 )

* October 27 – August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal ( d. 1831 )

* Zaïra ( 31 August 1831, Teatro S. Carlo, Naples ) written 1829 for Bellini

# Prince August, Duke of Dalarna ( 1831 – 1873 )

# Maria Amalia of Saxony ( 26 September 1757-20 April 1831 ) married Karl II August of Zweibrücken and had issue.

Nathaniel " Nat " Turner ( October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831 ) was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 60 white deaths and at least 100 black deaths, the largest number of fatalities to occur in one uprising prior to the American Civil War in the southern United States.

* Ellen Pontifex ( born ca. 1831 ; housemaid of Theobald and Christina ; pregnant by John the coachman & married him 15 August 1851 ; separated ; married bigamously to Ernest late 1850s ; annulled 1862 ).

John Stith Pemberton ( July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888 ) was a Confederate veteran and an American pharmacist, and is best known for being the inventor of Coca-Cola.

Lucy Ware Webb Hayes ( 28 August 1831 – 25 June 1889 ) was a First Lady of the United States and the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes.

In August 1831, enslaved Nat Turner led a slave rebellion of Black slaves in Southampton County against local Whites.

Nathaniel " Nat " Turner ( October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831 ) was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 56 white deaths and over 55 black deaths.

In August 1837, Van Buren denied Texas ' formal request to join the United States, again prioritizing sectional harmony over territorial expansion.

* August 16 – Vietnam War: In a coup, General Nguyen Khanh replaces Duong Van Minh as South Vietnam's chief of state and establishes a new constitution, drafted partly by the U. S. Embassy.

* August 26 – Stan Van Gundy, American basketball coach

* August 25 – José Van Dam, Belgian bass-baritone

* August 18 – Vietnam War – Operation Starlite: 5, 500 United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in Quang Ngai Province, in the first major American ground battle of the war.

* August 5 – War of 1812: Tecumseh's Indian force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.

In August, a victory over the Russian army allowed the Ottoman army to retake Van.

* Général d ' aviation August Van Daele ( 01. 01. 2003-01. 04. 2009 )

Van Morrison, OBE ( born George Ivan Morrison ; 31 August 1945 ) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician.

George Ivan ( Van ) Morrison was born on 31 August 1945, at 125 Hynford Street, Bloomfield, East Belfast, Northern Ireland as the only child of George Morrison, a shipyard electrician, and Violet Stitt Morrison, a singer and tap dancer in her youth.

After Ho Chi Minh rose to power during the August Revolution in 1945, Pham Van Dong was appointed minister of finance of the newly established government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ( DRV ), a position he occupied till 1954.

Both Van Oldenbarnevelt and Grotius had been in fact been imprisoned since 29 August 1618.

On August 12, 1862 the 24th Missouri Infantry ( Union ) under the command of Colonel Boyd surprised six rebel soldiers near Van Buren.

In August 1836, the land was divided into five townships of Jackson, Hamblen, Washington, Johnson, and Van Buren.

In Get in the Van, Rollins wrote that Ginn telephoned him in August 1986: " He told me he was quitting the band.

* Lijst Van Aken: 1 seat ( In August 2006 one seat out of Dorpsbelang Son en Breugel started his own List )

He was followed by the Steketee group on July 4, and Reverend Van Der Meulen ’ s group on August 1.

On August 12, 2009, Commissioner DiAnne Gove was selected by Republican county committee members to fill the remainder of the term of Daniel Van Pelt in the General Assembly representing the 9th legislative district after Van Pelt had resigned after being arrested on corruption charges.

In August 2010, Warner / Chappell Music extended its administration agreements with Van Halen ( specifically Eddie and Alex Van Halen ).

Then on August 30, 2012, Eddie Van Halen was diagnosed with diverticulitis and underwent surgery which will push the planned November shows in Japan back into 2013 at the earliest.

It was officially opened by Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan on August 20, 2009.

He was Foreign Minister again from September 1939 until August 1949 under the subsequent Prime Ministers Hubert Pierlot, Achille Van Acker and Camille Huysmans.