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Historical Events In May - 08

Monday, 18 March 2024

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

1741  France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1742  On May - 08 johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1745  Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1750  On this day in history elias Mann, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1763  On May - 08 john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1773  Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1778  Johann Gansbacher, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1784  On this day in history only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1785  Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1792  US establishes military draft on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1792  On May - 08 british Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1794  US Post Office established on this day in history.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1803  On this day in history joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1810  James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1814  On May - 08 mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1815  On this day in history jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1818  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1819  Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1821  Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1823  On May - 08 "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1824  William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  On May - 08 jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1829  On May - 08 louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1829  On May - 08 mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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Famous Birthdays In May - 08

Famous People Born On This Day In History

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

1460  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1527  Johann Walter, composer was born on this day in history.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1592  On this day in history birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1622  On May - 08 birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

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

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

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1278  Death of Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1319  On May - 08 haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1473  On this day in history death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  On this day in history death of edward Fox, English bishop  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1577  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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