Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

1782  George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart on this day in history.   

1783  John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) on this day in history.   

1786  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1799  On August - 07 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 August - 07.   

1816  On this day in history dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77   

1818  On this day in history henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist   

1819  Battle of Boyac ; Bol­var defeats Spanish in Colombia on August - 07.   

1819  On August - 07 battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia   

1820  On August - 07 first potatoes planted in Hawaii   

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  Powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark) on this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

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 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 August - 07.   

1868  On this day in history granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony)   

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  The birth of Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy on August - 07.   

1876  Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) on August - 07.   

1879  On this day in history the opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.   

1879  J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07) on August - 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  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.   

1560  Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.   

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian   

0461  On August - 07 death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)   

0479  On this day in history death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

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

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 this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies   

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

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