Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

1782  George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart on August - 07.   

1783  John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) on August - 07.   

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

1789  On this day in history uS War Department established   

1789  Congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service on this day in history.   

1798  Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 on August - 07.   

1799  On this day in history 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 August - 07.   

1818  Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist on this day in history.   

1819  Battle of Boyac ; Bol­var defeats Spanish in Colombia on August - 07.   

1819  Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia on August - 07.   

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

1820  On August - 07 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii   

1823  On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer   

1826  On this day in history carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)   

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  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 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 August - 07.   

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  Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) on August - 07.   

1882  On August - 07 hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded. Many dead.   

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

1574  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

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

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on August - 07.   

1742  On this day in history birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

1746  On August - 07 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 August - 07.   

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

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

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  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)