Historical Events In July - 08

1693  On July - 08 nYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies   

1695  On July - 08 christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66   

1709  Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes on July - 08.   

1716  Great Northern War: Battle of Dynekilen on July - 08.   

1757  Richard Wainwright, composer on July - 08.   

1758  English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY on July - 08.   

1776  On this day in history the Liberty Bell Rings In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Liberty Bell rang out from the tower of the Pennsylvania's old State House, summoning citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon   

1776  On July - 08 col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila)   

1777  On July - 08 vt becomes first state abolishing slavery, adopts male sufferage   

1777  On this day in history vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage   

1778  Allied French fleet under Comte d'Estaing arrives in America on July - 08.   

1778  On this day in history george Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army   

1792  On July - 08 france declares war on Prussia   

1796  On July - 08 uS State Dept issues first American passport   

1796  US State Dept issues 1st American passport on this day in history.   

1797  On July - 08 first US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment   

1797  On this day in history 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment   

1800  On July - 08 dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox   

1805  On July - 08 american Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England   

1809  On July - 08 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)   

1816  Frost in Waltham, MA on this day in history.   

1819  Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on July - 08.   

1821  On July - 08 william Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1822  Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom on July - 08.   

1822  On this day in history percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29   

1824  Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1829  Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer on July - 08.   

1833  Russia & Turkey sign defense treaty on this day in history.   

1835  Liberty Bell cracks (again) on July - 08.   

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies   

1838  The birth of Graf von Zeppelin, Designer of the Zeppelin airships on July - 08.   

1838  Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed on July - 08.   

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1528  On this day in history birth of emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland   

1545  On this day in history birth of don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II   

1545  Don Carlos of Spain (d. 1568) was born on July - 08.   

1574  Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1593  On this day in history birth of artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)   

1604  On July - 08 birth of heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)   

1621  On July - 08 birth of jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)   

1637  On July - 08 birth of johann Georg Ebeling, composer   

0810  On July - 08 pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)   

0975  Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies on this day in history.   

1115  On July - 08 petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies   

1153  On this day in history eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies   

1249  On this day in history alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51   

1253  Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies on this day in history.   

1496  Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.   

1531  Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 on this day in history.