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  On this day in history uS War Department established   

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

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

1799  On this day in history john Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58   

1802  Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti) on August - 07.   

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 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  On August - 07 battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia   

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

1829  On August - 07 thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896   

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 August - 07.   

1867  On this day in history emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist   

1867  On August - 07 ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63   

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  On this day in history 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  Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) on August - 07.   

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  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 August - 07.   

1560  On this day in history 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  On August - 07 birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

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

1742  On August - 07 birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

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 this day in history 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  On August - 07 death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince   

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

1609  On August - 07 eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60   

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on August - 07.