Historical Events Happened In August - 07

1782  George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart on this day in history.  Share it »

1783  On this day in history john Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)  Share it »

1786  On this day in history friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49  Share it »

1789  On this day in history uS War Department established  Share it »

1789  On this day in history congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service  Share it »

1798  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65  Share it »

1799  On this day in history john Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58  Share it »

1802  On this day in history napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)  Share it »

1814  Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits on this day in history.  Share it »

1816  Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 on this day in history.  Share it »

1818  Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist on this day in history.  Share it »

1819  On this day in history battle of Boyac ; Bol­var defeats Spanish in Colombia  Share it »

1819  Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia on this day in history.  Share it »

1820  On this day in history first potatoes planted in Hawaii  Share it »

1820  1st potatoes planted in Hawaii on this day in history.  Share it »

1823  On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer  Share it »

1826  On this day in history carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)  Share it »

1829  On this day in history thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896  Share it »

1833  On this day in history powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark)  Share it »

1836  On this day in history evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920  Share it »

1846  On this day in history johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76  Share it »

1858  Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria on this day in history.  Share it »

1867  Battle of Moorefield, WV on this day in history.  Share it »

1867  Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist on this day in history.  Share it »

1867  On this day in history ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63  Share it »

1868  Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) on this day in history.  Share it »

1870  19 kittens, born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born) on this day in history.  Share it »

1872  Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) on this day in history.  Share it »

1876  The birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy on this day in history.  Share it »

1876  Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) on this day in history.  Share it »

1879  On this day in history the opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.  Share it »

1879  On this day in history j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)  Share it »

1880  On this day in history ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones)  Share it »

1882  Hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded. Many dead on this day in history.  Share it »

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1282  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1533  On this day in history birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)  Share it »

1560  Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on this day in history.  Share it »

0461  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on this day in history.  Share it »

0479  On this day in history death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan  Share it »

1033  Death of Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on this day in history.  Share it »

1106  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on this day in history.  Share it »

1485  Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on this day in history.  Share it »

1547  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  Share it »

1613  On this day in history death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)  Share it »