Page 2: Historical Events In May - 08
Friday, 02 January 2026
1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire) on this day in history. 

1741 France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg on May - 08. 

1742 Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer on this day in history. 

1745 Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer on May - 08. 

1750 On this day in history elias Mann, composer 

1753 On May - 08 miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence 

1763 John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman on May - 08. 

1773 On May - 08 ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies 

1778 Johann Gansbacher, composer on this day in history. 

1784 Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC) on this day in history. 

1785 On May - 08 pietro Longhi, painter, dies 

1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry on May - 08. 

1792 British Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier WA on May - 08. 

1792 US establishes military draft on May - 08. 

1792 On May - 08 british Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash 

1794 US Post Office established on this day in history. 

1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined on May - 08. 

1803 On May - 08 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 On May - 08 james Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 

1814 On this day in history mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist 

1815 On May - 08 jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer 

1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history. 

1819 On May - 08 kamehameha I, King of Hawaii 

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 this day in history. 

1823 On May - 08 "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London) 

1824 On May - 08 william Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57) 

1828 On May - 08 jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901) 

1829 On this day in history louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist 

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 On May - 08 prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium 

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