Page 2: Historical Events In October - 08

1712  On this day in history french hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast   

1722  On October - 08 gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80   

1728  On October - 08 anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47   

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

1740  On this day in history michel-Julien Mathieu, composer   

1747  Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer on this day in history.   

1748  Franz Seydelmann, composer on this day in history.   

1754  On October - 08 henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47   

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

1772  Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1775  Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army on October - 08.   

1775  Officers decide to bar slaves & free blacks from Continental Army on October - 08.   

1790  Waldemar Thrane, composer on October - 08.   

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

1802  On October - 08 peter Hofstede, the Great, Dutch reformed theologist   

1803  On October - 08 vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54   

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

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

1813  Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history joachim Murats forces lands at Pizzo Italy   

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

1818  2 English boxers are 1st to use padded gloves on October - 08.   

1818  John Henninger Reagan, Atty Gen (Confederacy) on this day in history.   

1820  Stanislaw Katski, composer on this day in history.   

1821  The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy on this day in history.   

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

1822  On October - 08 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley   

1826  Matt Whitaker Ransom, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 on this day in history.   

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

1831  Michal Jelski, composer on this day in history.   

1834  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1835  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches James Island, Galapagos archipelago on October - 08.   

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

1838  John Milton Hay, politician (Union), died in 1905 on October - 08.   

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1515  On October - 08 birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  On October - 08 birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

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

1621  On October - 08 birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

1676  On this day in history birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

1690  On this day in history birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

1692  On October - 08 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  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on this day in history.   

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on October - 08.   

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on October - 08.   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on this day in history.   

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

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on October - 08.   

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