Historical Events In August - 07

1782  On this day in history george Washington creates Order of Purple Heart   

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

1786  On August - 07 friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49   

1789  US War Department established on this day in history.   

1789  On August - 07 congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service   

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

1799  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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 August - 07 dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77   

1818  On August - 07 henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist   

1819  Battle of Boyac ; Bol­var defeats Spanish in Colombia on this day in history.   

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

1820  On this day in history first potatoes planted in Hawaii   

1820  On August - 07 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii   

1823  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer on this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

1833  On August - 07 powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark)   

1836  Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920 on August - 07.   

1846  On August - 07 johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76   

1858  On August - 07 ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

1867  On this day in history battle of Moorefield, WV   

1867  Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist on August - 07.   

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 August - 07 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 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 August - 07 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 this day in history.   

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

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on August - 07.   

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on August - 07.   

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  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1485  Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on August - 07.   

1547  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on this day in history.   

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on August - 07.   

1613  On this day in history death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)