Page 2: Historical Events In October - 08

1712  French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast on October - 08.   

1722  Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1728  Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1740  Chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia on this day in history.   

1740  On October - 08 michel-Julien Mathieu, composer   

1747  On October - 08 johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer   

1748  Franz Seydelmann, composer on October - 08.   

1754  Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1771  On this day in history john E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76   

1772  On this day in history jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60   

1775  On this day in history officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army   

1775  On this day in history officers decide to bar slaves & free blacks from Continental Army   

1790  On October - 08 waldemar Thrane, composer   

1793  On this day in history john Hancock, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 56   

1802  On this day in history peter Hofstede, the Great, Dutch reformed theologist   

1803  On this day in history vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54   

1806  On this day in history british forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve   

1813  On this day in history treaty of Ried between Bayern & Austria   

1813  On this day in history carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer   

1815  On October - 08 joachim Murats forces lands at Pizzo Italy   

1818  2 English boxers are the first to use padded gloves on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history 2 English boxers are 1st to use padded gloves   

1818  On October - 08 john Henninger Reagan, Atty Gen (Confederacy)   

1820  On October - 08 stanislaw Katski, composer   

1821  The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy on October - 08.   

1822  First eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley on October - 08.   

1822  On this day in history 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley   

1826  On this day in history matt Whitaker Ransom, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904   

1828  On October - 08 francisque Sarcey, French writer/critic   

1831  On October - 08 michal Jelski, composer   

1834  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58 on October - 08.   

1835  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches James Island, Galapagos archipelago on this day in history.   

1837  Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer on this day in history.   

1838  On October - 08 john Milton Hay, politician (Union), died in 1905   

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1515  Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on October - 08.   

1619  On October - 08 birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

1621  On this day in history birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on October - 08.   

1690  On October - 08 birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

1692  On this day in history birth of antonio Palella, composer   

1697  On October - 08 birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

0705  On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  On this day in history death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on this day in history.   

1253  On this day in history robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

1286  On this day in history death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

1317  On this day in history death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  On October - 08 janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  On October - 08 jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies