Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  On October - 08 first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

1840  On October - 08 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

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

1842  On October - 08 christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68   

1847  Rose Scott, Social Reformer on October - 08.   

1855  On this day in history gustav Ehrismann, German germanist   

1856  On October - 08 chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy & lower Brit flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War   

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

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

1860  Felix Woyrsch, composer on October - 08.   

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

1862  On October - 08 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  Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains on October - 08.   

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

1868  Max Slevogt, German painter on this day in history.   

1869  J Frank Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US) on October - 08.   

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

1870  On October - 08 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  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  On October - 08 ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)   

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

1875  On this day in history hugh L Doherty, tennis champ (US Open-1903)   

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 October - 08.   

1880  On this day in history ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party)   

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

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

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 this day in history birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on October - 08.   

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

1621  On this day in history birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

1676  On October - 08 birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

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

1692  Antonio Palella, composer was born on this day in history.   

1697  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on October - 08.   

0705  On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  On this day in history death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  On October - 08 death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

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 October - 08 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