Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

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

1783  John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) on August - 07.   

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

1789  On this day in history uS War Department established   

1789  On August - 07 congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service   

1798  Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1799  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

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

1816  Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 on August - 07.   

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

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

1819  On this day in history battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia   

1820  On August - 07 first potatoes planted in Hawaii   

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

1823  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer on this day in history.   

1826  Carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi) on August - 07.   

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 August - 07.   

1836  Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920 on August - 07.   

1846  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 on August - 07.   

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  Ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63 on August - 07.   

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

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

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

1876  On this day in history the birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy   

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 August - 07.   

1880  Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) on August - 07.   

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

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1282  On August - 07 birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)   

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 August - 07.   

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

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on August - 07.   

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on August - 07.   

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

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on August - 07.   

0461  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on August - 07.   

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

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

1106  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on August - 07.   

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

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

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

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on this day in history.