29th » British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington called Arthur Wellesly defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1807
8th » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (d. 1892)
11th » David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
Famous Deaths for August 1807
1st » John Walker (lexicographer) or John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)