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 this day in history.   

1786  Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on August - 07.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1819  On this day in history battle of Boyac ; Bol­var defeats Spanish in Colombia   

1819  Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia on August - 07.   

1820  First potatoes planted in Hawaii on August - 07.   

1820  On August - 07 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii   

1823  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

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

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on August - 07.   

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

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  On August - 07 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 this day in history death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)   

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  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 August - 07.   

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

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on August - 07.   

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