Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

1782  On August - 07 george Washington creates Order of Purple Heart   

1783  On August - 07 john Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)   

1786  Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on August - 07.   

1789  US War Department established on August - 07.   

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

1798  Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 on August - 07.   

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

1802  On August - 07 napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)   

1814  Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits on August - 07.   

1816  On August - 07 dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77   

1818  On August - 07 henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist   

1819  On August - 07 battle of Boyac ; Bol­var defeats Spanish in Colombia   

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

1820  On this day in history first potatoes planted in Hawaii   

1820  1st potatoes planted in Hawaii on August - 07.   

1823  On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer   

1826  Carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi) on this day in history.   

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

1833  Powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark) on this day in history.   

1836  Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920 on this day in history.   

1846  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1867  Battle of Moorefield, WV on August - 07.   

1867  Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist on August - 07.   

1867  On August - 07 ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63   

1868  On August - 07 granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony)   

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

1872  On this day in history andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)   

1876  The birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy on August - 07.   

1876  On this day in history mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)   

1879  On August - 07 the opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.   

1879  J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07) on this day in history.   

1880  Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) on this day in history.   

1882  On August - 07 hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded. Many dead.   

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1282  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on August - 07.   

1533  On August - 07 birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)   

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

1574  On August - 07 birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

1598  On August - 07 birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

1726  On August - 07 birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)   

1742  On this day in history birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

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

0461  On August - 07 death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)   

0479  On August - 07 death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

1033  On this day in history death of frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine   

1106  On this day in history henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54   

1485  On this day in history death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince   

1547  On August - 07 cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies   

1609  On August - 07 eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60   

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