Historical Events In October - 08

1840  First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on October - 08.   

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  On this day in history rose Scott, Social Reformer   

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

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

1860  Felix Woyrsch, composer on this day in history.   

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

1862  On October - 08 battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted   

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 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  On this day in history franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64   

1870  Louis Vierne, composer on this day in history.   

1871  On October - 08 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 October - 08.   

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 October - 08.   

1874  On October - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

1885  On October - 08 william Henry Bennett Vodery, composer   

1886  Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Noble Bachelor" (BG) on October - 08.   

1886  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  On this day in history 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  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on this day in history.   

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

1692  Antonio Palella, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0705  Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on October - 08.   

0976  On October - 08 death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  On this day in history death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

1253  On this day in history robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on this day in history.   

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

1604  On this day in history 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.