Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

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

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

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

1789  On August - 07 uS War Department established   

1789  Congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service on August - 07.   

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

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  On this day in history pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits   

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

1818  Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist on this day in history.   

1819  Battle of Boyac ; Bol­var defeats Spanish in Colombia on August - 07.   

1819  Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia on August - 07.   

1820  First potatoes planted in Hawaii on this day in history.   

1820  On August - 07 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii   

1823  On August - 07 faustina Hasse Hodges, composer   

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  On August - 07 powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark)   

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

1846  On August - 07 johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76   

1858  On this day in history ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

1867  On August - 07 battle of Moorefield, WV   

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  Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) on this day in history.   

1870  19 kittens, born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born) on August - 07.   

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  Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history the opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.   

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

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

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

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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 August - 07.   

1574  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

1598  On this day in history birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

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 August - 07.   

1746  On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian   

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

0479  Death of Emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan on this day in history.   

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

1106  On August - 07 henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54   

1485  On August - 07 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  On this day in history death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)