Historical Events In June - 08

1740  On June - 08 gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer  

1742  On June - 08 omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62  

1743  Alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer on June - 08.  

1753  On June - 08 nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer  

1756  Cornelis van Foreest, mayor of Alkmaar on June - 08.  

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

1761  On this day in history british fleet occupies Belle Britain  

1768  On this day in history johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50  

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

1772  On June - 08 robert Stevenson, Glasgow, civil engineer  

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

1783  On June - 08 joseph Lincke, composer  

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

1786  Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr Hall, NYC) on this day in history.  

1789  James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives on this day in history.  

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

1794  On this day in history g A Borger, writer, dies  

1795  On this day in history louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10  

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  Luigi Ricci, composer on June - 08.  

1806  Gideon Johnson Pillow, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1878 on this day in history.  

1806  George Wythe, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79 on this day in history.  

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 June - 08 robert Schumann, Zwickau Germany, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)  

1813  David Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1891 on this day in history.  

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

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

1815  On June - 08 39 German states unite under the Act of Confederation  

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

1821  On June - 08 john Dunlap Stevenson, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1897  

1824  On June - 08 washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec  

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1318  On June - 08 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  William Dampier, English explorer/pirate was born on June - 08.  

1671  Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor) was born on June - 08.  

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

1722  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on June - 08.  

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

1740  On this day in history birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer  

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

0632  Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition) on this day in history.  

1042  Death of Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth on this day in history.  

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  On June - 08 death of thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)  

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

1476  Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on June - 08.