Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on this day in history.   

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

1842  Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach on October - 08.   

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

1847  Rose Scott, Social Reformer on this day in history.   

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 October - 08.   

1860  Telegraph line between LA and SF opens on October - 08.   

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

1860  On October - 08 felix Woyrsch, composer   

1861  On October - 08 theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments)   

1862  On this day in history battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted   

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 this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains   

1865  Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51 on October - 08.   

1868  On this day in history max Slevogt, German painter   

1869  On this day in history j Frank Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)   

1869  On October - 08 franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64   

1870  On October - 08 louis Vierne, composer   

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  Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin on this day in history.   

1872  On October - 08 john Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)   

1873  On October - 08 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1885  William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer on October - 08.   

1886  Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Noble Bachelor" (BG) on this day in history.   

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 October - 08 birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  On this day in history 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  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on October - 08.   

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

1253  On October - 08 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  On October - 08 death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  On this day in history janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on this day in history.