13th » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1779
1st » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (d. 1843)
1st » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (d. 1851)
7th » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
7th » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (d. 1859)
20th » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1848)
Famous Deaths for August 1779
24th » Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)