3rd » Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (d. 1895)
14th » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1874)
25th » Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
Famous Deaths for August 1817
7th » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
31st » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador or Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)