Historical Events In May - 08
Monday, 18 March 2024
1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire) on May - 08.
1741 France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg on this day in history.
1742 On May - 08 johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
1745 Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer on this day in history.
1750 On this day in history elias Mann, composer
1753 On this day in history miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence
1763 On May - 08 john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies on May - 08.
1778 Johann Gansbacher, composer on this day in history.
1784 On this day in history only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
1785 Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on May - 08.
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 US establishes military draft on this day in history.
1792 On May - 08 british Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash
1794 US Post Office established on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined
1803 On this day in history joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
1806 On this day in history jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
1809 Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1810 James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.
1814 On May - 08 mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist
1815 On this day in history jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer
1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on May - 08.
1819 Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on May - 08.
1821 Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history "Home Sweet Home" first sung (London)
1823 On May - 08 "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1824 William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57) on this day in history.
1828 On May - 08 jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)
1829 On May - 08 louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist
1829 On May - 08 mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47
1833 On May - 08 frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
1834 On this day in history prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
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