Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  On this day in history first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

1840  1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on October - 08.   

1842  On this day in history princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach   

1842  On this day in history 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  Telegraph line between LA & SF opens on October - 08.   

1860  Felix Woyrsch, composer on this day in history.   

1861  Theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1865  On October - 08 earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains   

1865  Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51 on October - 08.   

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

1870  On this day in history louis Vierne, composer   

1871  On October - 08 a cow overturns a lantern in a barn, causing the 'Great Fire of Chicago'   

1871  Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation on this day in history.   

1871  On October - 08 gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin   

1872  On October - 08 john Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)   

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

1873  Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) on October - 08.   

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

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

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  Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party) on October - 08.   

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

1885  William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer on October - 08.   

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

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

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 this day in history birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on October - 08.   

1692  On this day in history birth of antonio Palella, composer   

1697  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 08.   

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on October - 08.   

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  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