Page 2: Historical Events In June - 08

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer on June - 08.   

1742  Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62 on June - 08.   

1743  On this day in history alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer   

1753  On this day in history nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer   

1756  On June - 08 cornelis van Foreest, mayor of Alkmaar   

1759  On June - 08 thomas Dunham Whitaker, Rainham Norfolk UK, topographer   

1761  British fleet occupies Belle Britain on June - 08.   

1768  On June - 08 johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50   

1772  The birth of Robert Stevenson, English engineer on June - 08.   

1772  Robert Stevenson, Glasgow, civil engineer on this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption   

1783  On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer   

1786  On June - 08 first commercially-made ice cream sold (NY)   

1786  On June - 08 commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr Hall, NYC)   

1789  James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives on June - 08.   

1790  Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75 on June - 08.   

1794  On June - 08 g A Borger, writer, dies   

1795  Louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10 on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history felice de Giardini, composer, dies at 80   

1803  Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80 on June - 08.   

1804  On June - 08 jan Baptist van Son, Dutch politician (RC)   

1805  On June - 08 luigi Ricci, composer   

1806  On this day in history gideon Johnson Pillow, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1878   

1806  On June - 08 george Wythe, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79   

1809  On this day in history thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72   

1810  On June - 08 the birth of Robert Schumann, German composer   

1812  On this day in history robert Schumann, Zwickau Germany, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)   

1813  On this day in history david Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1891   

1814  Charles Reade, England, novelist (Cloister & Hearth) on this day in history.   

1814  Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer, dies at 48 on June - 08.   

1815  39 German states unite under the Act of Confederation on this day in history.   

1815  39 German states unite under Act of Confederation on June - 08.   

1821  John Dunlap Stevenson, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1897 on June - 08.   

1824  Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec on June - 08.   

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1318  On this day in history birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on this day in history.   

1652  On June - 08 birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  On June - 08 birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  On June - 08 birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)   

1722  On June - 08 birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

1724  On this day in history birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer   

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

0218  On this day in history opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54   

0632  On June - 08 mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)   

1042  On this day in history death of hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth   

1115  Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on June - 08.   

1376  "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 on June - 08.   

1383  Death of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) on June - 08.   

1384  On June - 08 death of kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)   

1476  On this day in history death of george Neville, English archbishop and statesman