Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

1782  George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart on August - 07.   

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

1786  Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history uS War Department established   

1789  Congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service on this day in history.   

1798  On August - 07 johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65   

1799  On August - 07 john Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58   

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

1814  On August - 07 pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits   

1816  On this day in history dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77   

1818  Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist on August - 07.   

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

1819  On August - 07 battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia   

1820  On August - 07 first potatoes planted in Hawaii   

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

1823  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer on August - 07.   

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

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  On this day in history ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

1867  On this day in history battle of Moorefield, WV   

1867  On this day in history emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist   

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

1868  Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) on August - 07.   

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

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

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

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

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

1879  On August - 07 j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)   

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

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 this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)   

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on August - 07.   

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

1033  Death of Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on August - 07.   

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

1485  On August - 07 death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince   

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

1609  On this day in history eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60   

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