Historical Events In October - 08

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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1515  On October - 08 birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  On this day in history birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

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

1621  On October - 08 birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

1692  Antonio Palella, composer was born on October - 08.   

1697  On October - 08 birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

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

0976  On this day in history death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  On October - 08 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.