Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

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

1783  On August - 07 john Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)   

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

1789  US War Department established on August - 07.   

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

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

1799  On August - 07 john Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58   

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

1814  On this day in history pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits   

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

1819  Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia on this day in history.   

1820  First potatoes planted in Hawaii on August - 07.   

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

1823  On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer   

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 August - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1867  Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist on this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

1870  On this day in history 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 this day in history the birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy   

1876  On August - 07 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  On this day in history j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)   

1880  On August - 07 ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones)   

1882  On this day in history hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded. Many dead.   

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1282  On August - 07 birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)   

1533  On August - 07 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  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  On this day in history death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)   

0479  On August - 07 death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

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  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on August - 07.   

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)