Historical Events In May - 08
Friday, 29 March 2024
1737 On May - 08 edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
1741 On this day in history france & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
1742 On this day in history johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
1745 On this day in history carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
1750 Elias Mann, composer on this day in history.
1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence on this day in history.
1763 John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman on this day in history.
1773 On May - 08 ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
1778 On May - 08 johann Gansbacher, composer
1784 On this day in history only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
1785 On this day in history pietro Longhi, painter, dies
1786 On May - 08 thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
1792 On May - 08 british Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier WA
1792 US establishes military draft on May - 08.
1792 On this day in history british Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash
1794 On this day in history uS Post Office established
1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer on this day in history.
1809 On May - 08 augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
1810 James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on May - 08.
1814 Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist on this day in history.
1815 Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
1819 Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia.
1823 "Home Sweet Home" first sung (London) on May - 08.
1823 On May - 08 "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1824 On May - 08 william Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)
1828 Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901) on May - 08.
1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist on May - 08.
1829 On May - 08 mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47
1833 On this day in history frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
1834 Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium on this day in history.
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