August 2 – The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, organized by the Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization, breaks out in the Ottoman provinces of Macedonia and Adrianople. August 3 – The Kruševo Republic is proclaimed in Ottoman Macedonia; it is crushed 10 days later. August 4 – Pope Pius X succeeds Pope Leo XIII as the 257th pope. August 10 – The Paris Métro train fire at Couronnes results in 84 deaths. August 25 – The Judiciary Act is passed in the Australian parliament.
August 2 – The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, organized by the Secret .Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization, breaks out in the Ottoman provinces of Macedonia and Adrianople August 3 – The Kruševo Republic is proclaimed in Ottoman Macedonia; it is crushed 10 days later. August 4 – Pope Pius X succeeds Pope Leo XIII as the 257th pope. August 10 – The Paris Métro train fire at Couronnes results in 84 deaths. August 25 – The Judiciary Act is passed in the Australian parliament.