Historical Events In October - 08

1840  First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on October - 08.   

1840  1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach   

1842  Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 on October - 08.   

1847  Rose Scott, Social Reformer on October - 08.   

1855  Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy & lower Brit flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War   

1860  On this day in history telegraph line between LA and SF opens   

1860  Telegraph line between LA & SF opens on October - 08.   

1860  Felix Woyrsch, composer on October - 08.   

1861  Theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments) on this day in history.   

1862  On October - 08 battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted   

1862  James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on October - 08.   

1864  Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34 on October - 08.   

1865  On October - 08 earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains   

1865  On this day in history heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51   

1868  On this day in history max Slevogt, German painter   

1869  On this day in history j Frank Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)   

1869  On October - 08 franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64   

1870  Louis Vierne, composer on October - 08.   

1871  On this day in history a cow overturns a lantern in a barn, causing the 'Great Fire of Chicago'   

1871  Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation on October - 08.   

1871  Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin on October - 08.   

1872  On October - 08 john Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)   

1873  1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute on this day in history.   

1873  On October - 08 ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)   

1874  On this day in history nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron)   

1875  On October - 08 hugh L Doherty, tennis champ (US Open-1903)   

1879  War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter on this day in history.   

1880  Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party) on this day in history.   

1881  Haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300,000 people on October - 08.   

1885  William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer on this day in history.   

1886  On October - 08 start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Noble Bachelor" (BG)   

1886  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Noble Bachelor" (BG) on this day in history.   

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1515  On October - 08 birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on October - 08.   

1619  On this day in history birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

1621  On October - 08 birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

1676  On October - 08 birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

1690  On October - 08 birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

1692  On this day in history birth of antonio Palella, composer   

1697  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on this day in history.   

0705  On this day in history abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  On this day in history death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  On October - 08 death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on this day in history.   

1286  On October - 08 death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

1317  On this day in history death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  On October - 08 janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on this day in history.