Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07
Friday, 18 July 2025
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; BolÃvar 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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