Historical Events In October - 08

1840  First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on October - 08.   

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  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 October - 08.   

1860  Felix Woyrsch, composer on this day in history.   

1861  On October - 08 theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments)   

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

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  Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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 October - 08.   

1872  On this day in history 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  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 October - 08.   

1880  On this day in history ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party)   

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

1885  On October - 08 william Henry Bennett Vodery, composer   

1886  On October - 08 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 this day in history.   

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 October - 08.   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on October - 08.   

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 October - 08.   

0705  On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

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

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 October - 08.   

1317  On this day in history death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

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 October - 08.