Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (born 1678)

Marie-Madeleine Jarret, known as Madeleine de Verchères was a woman of New France credited with repelling a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old.

August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 145 days remain until the end of the year.