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Page 2: Historical Events In May - 08

Friday, 11 July 2025

1737  On May - 08 edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1741  On this day in history france & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1742  Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1745  On May - 08 carl Philipp Stamitz, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1750  Elias Mann, composer on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1753  Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1763  John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1773  On May - 08 ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1778  Johann Gansbacher, composer on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1784  On May - 08 only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1785  On May - 08 pietro Longhi, painter, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1786  Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1792  On May - 08 british Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier WA  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1792  On this day in history uS establishes military draft  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1792  British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1794  On this day in history uS Post Office established  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1794  On this day in history antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1803  On May - 08 joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1806  On this day in history jan Bedrich Kittl, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1809  On this day in history augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1810  James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1814  Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1815  Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1818  On May - 08 franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1819  Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1821  On May - 08 greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1823  On this day in history "Home Sweet Home" first sung (London)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1823  "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1824  William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57) on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  On this day in history jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1829  Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1829  Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1833  On May - 08 frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1834  Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1326  On May - 08 birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1460  On May - 08 birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1492  Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer was born on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1521  On this day in history birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1527  On this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1587  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1592  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  On May - 08 john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0685  On May - 08 benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1278  On this day in history death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1319  Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1473  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  Death of Edward Fox, English bishop on May - 08.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1577  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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