Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on this day in history.   

1840  On October - 08 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

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

1842  Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 on October - 08.   

1847  On October - 08 rose Scott, Social Reformer   

1855  On this day in history gustav Ehrismann, German germanist   

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 this day in history telegraph line between LA and SF opens   

1860  Telegraph line between LA & SF opens on this day in history.   

1860  Felix Woyrsch, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains on this day in history.   

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

1868  On this day in history max Slevogt, German painter   

1869  J Frank Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US) on this day in history.   

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

1870  Louis Vierne, composer on October - 08.   

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

1871  On October - 08 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  On October - 08 john Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)   

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

1873  On October - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1886  On this day in history start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Noble Bachelor" (BG)   

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

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

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

1619  On this day in history birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

1621  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on this day in history.   

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  On October - 08 birth of antonio Palella, composer   

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

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

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  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on this day in history.   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on October - 08.   

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  On this day in history jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies