Historical Events In August - 07
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1782 On August - 07 george Washington creates Order of Purple Heart
1783 John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) on this day in history.
1786 Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1789 US War Department established on this day in history.
1789 Congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service on August - 07.
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 Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti) on August - 07.
1814 Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits on August - 07.
1816 On August - 07 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 this day in history battle of Boyacá; BolÃvar defeats Spanish in Colombia
1820 First potatoes planted in Hawaii on August - 07.
1820 On August - 07 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii
1823 On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer
1826 Carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi) on this day in history.
1829 On August - 07 thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896
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 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 on August - 07.
1858 Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria on this day in history.
1867 Battle of Moorefield, WV on August - 07.
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 Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) on this day in history.
1870 19 kittens, born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born) on August - 07.
1872 Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) on this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) on August - 07.
1882 Hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded. Many dead on August - 07.
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