Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

1782  On August - 07 george Washington creates Order of Purple Heart   

1783  John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) on this day in history.   

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

1789  US War Department established on August - 07.   

1789  Congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service on August - 07.   

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

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  Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits on this day in history.   

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

1820  First potatoes planted in Hawaii on August - 07.   

1820  On August - 07 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii   

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

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

1858  On August - 07 ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

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

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

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

1868  Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) on this day in history.   

1870  19 kittens, born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born) on this day in history.   

1872  Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 August - 07.   

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

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on August - 07.   

0461  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on this day in history.   

0479  On this day in history death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

1033  Death of Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on this day in history.   

1106  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on August - 07.   

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

1547  On this day in history cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies   

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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