352 Historic Events for August 7
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| 1751 |
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Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V
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| 1760 |
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Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
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| 1779 |
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Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography
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| 1782 |
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George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart
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| 1783 |
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John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)
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| 1786 |
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Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49
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| 1789 |
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Congress creates Dept of War and Lighthouse Service
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| 1798 |
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Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65
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| 1799 |
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John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58
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| 1802 |
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Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)
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| 1814 |
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Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits
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| 1816 |
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Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77
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| 1818 |
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Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist
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| 1819 |
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Battle of Boyac ; Bol¡var defeats Spanish in Colombia
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| 1820 |
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1st potatoes planted in Hawaii
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| 1823 |
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Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer
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| 1826 |
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Carl AE Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)
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| 1829 |
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Thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896
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| 1833 |
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Powell Clayton, Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark)
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| 1836 |
Birth |
Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920
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| 1846 |
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Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76
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| 1848 |
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Freiherr J”ns J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies at 68
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| 1867 |
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Battle of Moorefield, WV
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| 1867 |
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Ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63
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| 1867 |
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Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist
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