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 this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history john Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58  

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

1814  Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits on August - 07.  

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

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

1819  On this day in history battle of Boyac ; Bol­var defeats Spanish in Colombia  

1819  On this day in history battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia  

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

1820  1st potatoes planted in Hawaii on August - 07.  

1823  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer on this day in history.  

1826  Carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi) on this day in history.  

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 August - 07.  

1836  Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920 on this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76  

1858  Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria on August - 07.  

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

1867  On August - 07 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  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  On this day in history andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)  

1876  On August - 07 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  The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester on this day in history.  

1879  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on August - 07.  

1560  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)  

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  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on August - 07.  

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

1033  On this day in history death of frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine  

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

1485  Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on this day in history.  

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

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on August - 07.  

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on this day in history.