Historical Events In October - 08

1840  First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on October - 08.   

1840  On October - 08 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

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 October - 08.   

1847  Rose Scott, Social Reformer on October - 08.   

1855  Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist on October - 08.   

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

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

1860  On this day in history telegraph line between LA & SF opens   

1860  Felix Woyrsch, composer on October - 08.   

1861  On this day in history theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments)   

1862  Battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history james Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39   

1864  On this day in history thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34   

1865  On this day in history earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains   

1865  On October - 08 heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51   

1868  On this day in history max Slevogt, German painter   

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

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

1870  On this day in history louis Vierne, composer   

1871  A cow overturns a lantern in a barn, causing the 'Great Fire of Chicago' on October - 08.   

1871  Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation on October - 08.   

1871  On October - 08 gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin   

1872  On this day in history john Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)   

1873  On this day in history 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute   

1873  On this day in history ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)   

1874  On October - 08 nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron)   

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

1879  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 on this day in history.   

1880  Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party) on October - 08.   

1881  On this day in history haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300,000 people   

1885  On this day in history william Henry Bennett Vodery, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1697  On this day in history birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

0705  Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on October - 08.   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on this day in history.   

1094  On this day in history death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

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

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

1317  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on this day in history.   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on October - 08.