Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on October - 08.   

1840  1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on October - 08.   

1842  On October - 08 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  On this day in history rose Scott, Social Reformer   

1855  On this day in history gustav Ehrismann, German germanist   

1856  Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy & lower Brit flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War on October - 08.   

1860  On this day in history telegraph line between LA and SF opens   

1860  Telegraph line between LA & SF opens on October - 08.   

1860  On October - 08 felix Woyrsch, composer   

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 October - 08 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 October - 08 earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains   

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

1868  Max Slevogt, German painter on October - 08.   

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

1869  On this day in history franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64   

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 October - 08 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  On this day in history john Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)   

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

1873  On October - 08 ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)   

1874  Nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron) on this day in history.   

1875  Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ (US Open-1903) on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  On October - 08 birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1621  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on October - 08.   

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

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

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

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on this day in history.   

1253  On October - 08 robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

1286  On this day in history death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

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 October - 08.   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on October - 08.