Historical Events In August - 07
Friday, 25 October 2024
1782 George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart on August - 07.
1783 On August - 07 john Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)
1786 On this day in history friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49
1789 On this day in history uS War Department established
1789 Congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service on this day in history.
1798 On this day in history johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65
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 Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist
1819 Battle of Boyac ; Bolvar defeats Spanish in Colombia on this day in history.
1819 On August - 07 battle of Boyacá; BolÃvar defeats Spanish in Colombia
1820 On August - 07 first potatoes planted in Hawaii
1820 On August - 07 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 August - 07 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 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 Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria on August - 07.
1867 Battle of Moorefield, WV on August - 07.
1867 On this day in history emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist
1867 On August - 07 ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63
1868 On this day in history granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony)
1870 On August - 07 19 kittens, born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born)
1872 On this day in history andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)
1876 The birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy on August - 07.
1876 Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) on August - 07.
1879 On August - 07 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 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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