2nd » The first United States Census is conducted.
4th » A newly passed tariff act creates the 'United States Revenue Cutter Service or Revenue Cutter Service' (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
Famous Birthdays on August in 1790
8th » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet and politician (d. 1838)
13th » William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician (d. 1872)