Page 2: Historical Events In August - 07

1782  On August - 07 george Washington creates Order of Purple Heart   

1783  John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) on August - 07.   

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  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65   

1799  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)   

1814  Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits on August - 07.   

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

1820  First potatoes planted in Hawaii on August - 07.   

1820  1st potatoes planted in Hawaii on August - 07.   

1823  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer on August - 07.   

1826  On this day in history carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)   

1829  Thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

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

1836  On August - 07 evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920   

1846  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria   

1867  On August - 07 battle of Moorefield, WV   

1867  Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist on this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

1872  Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31) on August - 07.   

1876  On August - 07 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  On August - 07 ernst Laqueur, chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones)   

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 this day in history 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  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 07 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 this day in history.   

1106  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1485  On August - 07 death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince   

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 August - 07.