Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

1782  On this day in history 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  US War Department established on this day in history.   

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

1798  Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1799  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on August - 07.   

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

1814  On August - 07 pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits   

1816  Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1818  On August - 07 henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark) on this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

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

1867  Battle of Moorefield, WV on this day in history.   

1867  Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1882  On August - 07 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 this day in history.   

1560  Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.   

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on August - 07.   

1598  On August - 07 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  On this day in history birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

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

1033  On this day in history 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 August - 07 eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60   

1613  On August - 07 death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)