Historical Events In August - 07
Wednesday, 03 March 2021
1782 On this day in history george Washington creates Order of Purple Heart
1783 John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) on August - 07.
1786 Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1789 On this day in history uS War Department established
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 Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti) on August - 07.
1814 On this day in history pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits
1816 On this day in history dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77
1818 On August - 07 henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist
1819 Battle of Boyac ; Bolvar defeats Spanish in Colombia on this day in history.
1819 On this day in history battle of BoyacĂĄ; BolĂvar defeats Spanish in Colombia
1820 On this day in history first potatoes planted in Hawaii
1820 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii on this day in history.
1823 On August - 07 faustina Hasse Hodges, composer
1826 On this day in history carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)
1829 Thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on August - 07.
1833 On this day in history powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark)
1836 On this day in history evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920
1846 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1858 On August - 07 ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria
1867 Battle of Moorefield, WV on August - 07.
1867 On August - 07 emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist
1867 Ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63 on this day in history.
1868 Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) on this day in history.
1870 On August - 07 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 August - 07 the birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy
1876 Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) on this day in history.
1879 The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester on August - 07.
1879 J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07) on August - 07.
1880 On August - 07 ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones)
1882 Hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded. Many dead on August - 07.
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