Page 2: 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 this day in history friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49   

1789  On this day in history uS War Department established   

1789  On this day in history congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service   

1798  On August - 07 johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65   

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

1802  On this day in history napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)   

1814  On this day in history pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits   

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  Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia on August - 07.   

1820  On August - 07 first potatoes planted in Hawaii   

1820  On this day in history 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  Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920 on this day in history.   

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  Battle of Moorefield, WV on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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1282  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)   

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

1560  Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on August - 07.   

1574  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on August - 07.   

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on August - 07.   

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

1746  On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian   

0461  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on this day in history.   

0479  Death of Emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan on this day in history.   

1033  Death of Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on August - 07.   

1106  On August - 07 henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54   

1485  On August - 07 death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince   

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

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

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