14th » The United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering them from the British Cape Colony called Cape Colony in South Africa.
24th » The Treaty of St. Louis 1816 - Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi named Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1816
21st » Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic (d. 1856)
Famous Deaths for August 1816
9th » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)