Page 2: Historical Events In May - 08
Friday, 11 July 2025
1737 On May - 08 edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
1741 On this day in history france & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
1742 Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer on May - 08.
1745 On May - 08 carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
1750 Elias Mann, composer on May - 08.
1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence on this day in history.
1763 John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman on this day in history.
1773 On May - 08 ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
1778 Johann Gansbacher, composer on May - 08.
1784 On May - 08 only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
1785 On May - 08 pietro Longhi, painter, dies
1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry on this day in history.
1792 On May - 08 british Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier WA
1792 On this day in history uS establishes military draft
1792 British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history uS Post Office established
1794 On this day in history antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined
1803 On May - 08 joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
1806 On this day in history jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
1809 On this day in history augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
1810 James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on May - 08.
1814 Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist on May - 08.
1815 Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer on this day in history.
1818 On May - 08 franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
1819 Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on this day in history.
1821 On May - 08 greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia.
1823 On this day in history "Home Sweet Home" first sung (London)
1823 "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London) on this day in history.
1824 William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57) on May - 08.
1828 On this day in history jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)
1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist on this day in history.
1829 Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1833 On May - 08 frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
1834 Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium on this day in history.
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