Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

1782  George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart on August - 07.   

1783  On August - 07 john Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)   

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 August - 07.   

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

1814  On August - 07 pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits   

1816  Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1818  On August - 07 henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist   

1819  Battle of Boyac ; Bol­var defeats Spanish in Colombia on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia   

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 August - 07 carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)   

1829  On this day in history thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896   

1833  On this day in history powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark)   

1836  Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920 on August - 07.   

1846  On August - 07 johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76   

1858  Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria on August - 07.   

1867  On this day in history 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  Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) on August - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

1879  The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester on August - 07.   

1879  On August - 07 j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)   

1880  Ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones) on this day in history.   

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

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1282  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on August - 07.   

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 this day in history 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  On August - 07 birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)   

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

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on August - 07.   

0461  On this day in history death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)   

0479  On August - 07 death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

1033  On this day in history death of frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine   

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

1485  On this day in history death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince   

1547  On August - 07 cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies   

1609  On this day in history eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60   

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on this day in history.