Historical Events In May - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1737 On this day in history edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
1741 France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg on May - 08.
1742 On May - 08 johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
1745 On this day in history carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
1750 Elias Mann, composer on May - 08.
1753 On May - 08 miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence
1763 John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman on this day in history.
1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies on this day in history.
1778 Johann Gansbacher, composer on this day in history.
1784 On this day in history only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
1785 Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on this day in history.
1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry on May - 08.
1792 On May - 08 british Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier WA
1792 US establishes military draft on this day in history.
1792 British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash on May - 08.
1794 US Post Office established on this day in history.
1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined on May - 08.
1803 On May - 08 joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer on this day in history.
1809 Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 on May - 08.
1810 On May - 08 james Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1814 Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist on this day in history.
1815 Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer on May - 08.
1818 On this day in history franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
1819 On May - 08 kamehameha I, King of Hawaii
1821 Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history "Home Sweet Home" first sung (London)
1823 On this day in history "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1824 On this day in history william Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)
1828 On May - 08 jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)
1829 On this day in history louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist
1829 Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1833 Frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903 on May - 08.
1834 On May - 08 prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
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