Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  On October - 08 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 October - 08.   

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

1847  Rose Scott, Social Reformer on this day in history.   

1855  Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist on October - 08.   

1856  Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy & lower Brit flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War on this day in history.   

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 October - 08.   

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  On this day in history james Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39   

1864  Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34 on October - 08.   

1865  On this day in history earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains   

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

1868  On October - 08 max Slevogt, German painter   

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

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  A cow overturns a lantern in a barn, causing the 'Great Fire of Chicago' on this day in history.   

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

1871  Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin on October - 08.   

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

1873  1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute on October - 08.   

1873  On this day in history ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)   

1874  On this day in history nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron)   

1875  On October - 08 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 this day in history.   

1880  Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party) on October - 08.   

1881  Haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300,000 people on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  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 October - 08 birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

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 this day in history.   

1692  On October - 08 birth of antonio Palella, composer   

1697  On this day in history birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

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

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on October - 08.   

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

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on this day in history.   

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  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on October - 08.   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on this day in history.