Historical Events In October - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1840 First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on October - 08.
1840 On October - 08 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed
1842 On October - 08 princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach
1842 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1847 On October - 08 rose Scott, Social Reformer
1855 Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist on this day in history.
1856 On this day in history chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy & lower Brit flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War
1860 Telegraph line between LA and SF opens on October - 08.
1860 On October - 08 telegraph line between LA & SF opens
1860 Felix Woyrsch, composer on this day in history.
1861 Theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments) on October - 08.
1862 On this day in history 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 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51 on October - 08.
1868 Max Slevogt, German painter on this day in history.
1869 On this day in history j Frank Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)
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 A cow overturns a lantern in a barn, causing the 'Great Fire of Chicago' on October - 08.
1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation on October - 08.
1871 Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin on October - 08.
1872 On this day in history john Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone)
1873 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute on October - 08.
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 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 William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer on this day in history.
1886 On this day in history 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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