Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  On October - 08 first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

1840  On this day in history 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

1842  On October - 08 princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach   

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

1847  Rose Scott, Social Reformer on October - 08.   

1855  Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist on this day in history.   

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

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

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 October - 08.   

1862  James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on October - 08.   

1864  On October - 08 thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34   

1865  Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains on October - 08.   

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

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

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 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  John Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1879  On October - 08 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 October - 08.   

1886  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  On October - 08 birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

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

1621  On October - 08 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 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  On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

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

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 October - 08.   

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