What Happened In August 1872 In History

Famous Birthdays on August in 1872

• 2nd » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)
• 3rd » Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
• 5th » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (d. 1917)
• 9th » Archduke Joseph August of Austria (d. 1962)
• 10th » William Manuel Johnson or Bill Johnson, American bassist (d. 1972)
• 12th » Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1956)
• 13th » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
• 15th » Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950)
• 18th » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)
• 21st » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (d. 1898)
• 23rd » Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1957)
• 24th » Max Beerbohm, English-Italian author and illustrator (d. 1956)

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