Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

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

1783  On this day in history john Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)   

1786  Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1789  US War Department established on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service   

1798  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65   

1799  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1818  On this day in history henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist   

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 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  Thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1867  On August - 07 emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist   

1867  On this day in history ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63   

1868  On August - 07 granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony)   

1870  On this day in history 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  The birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy on August - 07.   

1876  On this day in history mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)   

1879  On August - 07 the opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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1282  On August - 07 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  On August - 07 birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)   

1574  On August - 07 birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on this day in history.   

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 07 death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

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

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

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  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)