Historical Events In August - 07

1782  On this day in history george Washington creates Order of Purple Heart   

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

1786  On this day in history friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49   

1789  On August - 07 uS War Department established   

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

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

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

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 August - 07.   

1818  Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist on August - 07.   

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  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  On August - 07 carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)   

1829  Thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on August - 07.   

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 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 August - 07.   

1867  Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist on August - 07.   

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

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  Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) on August - 07.   

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

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

1880  Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) on this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

1533  On this day in history birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)   

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 this day in history.   

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on August - 07.   

1726  On August - 07 birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)   

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

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

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.