Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

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 August - 07.   

1789  On August - 07 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  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on August - 07.   

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  Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist on this day in history.   

1819  On August - 07 battle of Boyac ; Bol­var 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 this day in history.   

1820  1st potatoes planted in Hawaii on this day in history.   

1823  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer on August - 07.   

1826  Carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi) on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

1867  On August - 07 battle of Moorefield, WV   

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  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  On August - 07 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  On this day in history 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  Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) on this day in history.   

1882  On August - 07 hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded. Many dead.   

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1282  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On August - 07 birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)   

1560  On August - 07 birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)   

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on August - 07.   

1598  On August - 07 birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

1726  On this day in history 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  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on this day in history.   

0479  Death of Emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan on August - 07.   

1033  On August - 07 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  On August - 07 cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies   

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)