Historical Events In August - 07

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; Bolívar 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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1282  On August - 07 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  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)   

1574  On August - 07 birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

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

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

1742  On this day in history birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

1746  On August - 07 birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian   

0461  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1106  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on August - 07.   

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

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

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

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