Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07
Thursday, 03 July 2025
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; BolÃvar 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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