Historical Events In August - 07
Monday, 29 May 2023
1782 George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart on this day in history.
1783 On this day in history john Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)
1786 Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1789 US War Department established on August - 07.
1789 On this day in history congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service
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 Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits on this day in history.
1816 On this day in history dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77
1818 Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist on August - 07.
1819 On this day in history battle of Boyac ; Bol�var defeats Spanish in Colombia
1819 On this day in history battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia
1820 First potatoes planted in Hawaii on August - 07.
1820 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii on this day in history.
1823 On August - 07 faustina Hasse Hodges, composer
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76
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 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 August - 07.
1868 Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) on August - 07.
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 On this day in history the birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy
1876 On this day in history mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)
1879 The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester on this day in history.
1879 J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07) on this day in history.
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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