Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  On October - 08 first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

1840  1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on this day in history.   

1842  Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach on this day in history.   

1842  Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1847  Rose Scott, Social Reformer on October - 08.   

1855  Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist on October - 08.   

1856  On this day in history chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy & lower Brit flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War   

1860  On October - 08 telegraph line between LA and SF opens   

1860  On October - 08 telegraph line between LA & SF opens   

1860  On October - 08 felix Woyrsch, composer   

1861  Theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments) on October - 08.   

1862  Battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted on October - 08.   

1862  James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on this day in history.   

1864  Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34 on October - 08.   

1865  On October - 08 earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains   

1865  Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1868  Max Slevogt, German painter on October - 08.   

1869  On October - 08 j Frank Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)   

1869  Franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64 on this day in history.   

1870  Louis Vierne, composer on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history a cow overturns a lantern in a barn, causing the 'Great Fire of Chicago'   

1871  On this day in history great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation   

1871  On this day in history gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin   

1872  John Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone) on October - 08.   

1873  On October - 08 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute   

1873  Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) on this day in history.   

1874  Nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron) on October - 08.   

1875  Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ (US Open-1903) on October - 08.   

1879  On this day in history war of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.   

1880  On October - 08 ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party)   

1881  Haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300,000 people on October - 08.   

1885  William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer on this day in history.   

1886  Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Noble Bachelor" (BG) on October - 08.   

1886  On October - 08 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Noble Bachelor" (BG)   

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1515  Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578) was born on October - 08.   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1619  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on October - 08.   

1621  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on October - 08.   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on this day in history.   

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on October - 08.   

1692  Antonio Palella, composer was born on October - 08.   

1697  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on this day in history.   

0705  Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on this day in history.   

0976  On October - 08 death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

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

1253  On October - 08 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  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on this day in history.   

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