Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

1782  George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart on this day in history.   

1783  On August - 07 john Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)   

1786  On August - 07 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 August - 07.   

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

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

1819  Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia on this day in history.   

1820  On August - 07 first potatoes planted in Hawaii   

1820  On this day in history 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii   

1823  On August - 07 faustina Hasse Hodges, composer   

1826  On August - 07 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  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  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

1872  On August - 07 andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)   

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

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

1880  On this day in history 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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1282  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history 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 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  On August - 07 birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)   

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on August - 07.   

1746  On August - 07 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 August - 07.   

1033  On August - 07 death of frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine   

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

1485  Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on August - 07.   

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

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

1613  On this day in history death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)