Page 2: Historical Events In October - 08

1712  On October - 08 french hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast   

1722  Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47   

1740  On October - 08 chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia   

1740  On October - 08 michel-Julien Mathieu, composer   

1747  On October - 08 johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer   

1748  On this day in history franz Seydelmann, composer   

1754  Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1771  John E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1772  Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 on October - 08.   

1775  Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army on this day in history.   

1775  Officers decide to bar slaves & free blacks from Continental Army on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history waldemar Thrane, composer   

1793  On this day in history john Hancock, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 56   

1802  On October - 08 peter Hofstede, the Great, Dutch reformed theologist   

1803  On October - 08 vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54   

1806  British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve on this day in history.   

1813  Treaty of Ried between Bayern & Austria on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer   

1815  Joachim Murats forces lands at Pizzo Italy on this day in history.   

1818  On October - 08 2 English boxers are the first to use padded gloves   

1818  2 English boxers are 1st to use padded gloves on October - 08.   

1818  On October - 08 john Henninger Reagan, Atty Gen (Confederacy)   

1820  Stanislaw Katski, composer on October - 08.   

1821  The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy on this day in history.   

1822  On October - 08 first eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley   

1822  On October - 08 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley   

1826  On this day in history matt Whitaker Ransom, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904   

1828  Francisque Sarcey, French writer/critic on October - 08.   

1831  Michal Jelski, composer on this day in history.   

1834  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58 on October - 08.   

1835  On October - 08 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches James Island, Galapagos archipelago   

1837  Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer on October - 08.   

1838  On this day in history john Milton Hay, politician (Union), died in 1905   

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1515  On October - 08 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 October - 08.   

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

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on this day in history.   

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

1692  Antonio Palella, composer was born on October - 08.   

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  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  On October - 08 robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

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

1606  On October - 08 jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies