Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  On this day in history first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

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

1842  Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach on this day in history.   

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  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 October - 08 telegraph line between LA and SF opens   

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

1860  On October - 08 felix Woyrsch, composer   

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

1862  Battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted on October - 08.   

1862  On October - 08 james Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39   

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

1865  On this day in history earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains   

1865  On this day in history heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51   

1868  On October - 08 max Slevogt, German painter   

1869  On October - 08 j Frank Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)   

1869  Franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64 on October - 08.   

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  On this day in history great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation   

1871  On October - 08 gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin   

1872  On this day in history 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  Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) on this day in history.   

1874  On October - 08 nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron)   

1875  On October - 08 hugh L Doherty, tennis champ (US Open-1903)   

1879  On this day in history 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 this day in history ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party)   

1881  On October - 08 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  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 October - 08.   

1585  On October - 08 birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  On October - 08 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  On October - 08 birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

1690  On October - 08 birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

1692  On October - 08 birth of antonio Palella, composer   

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

0705  On this day in history abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on this day in history.   

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

1317  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on October - 08.   

1604  On October - 08 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.