Page 3: Historical Events In January - 08

1800  On January - 08 wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France   

1806  Cape colony becomes English colony on January - 08.   

1806  On this day in history lewis & Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon   

1808  Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies on January - 08.   

1811  Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies   

1812  Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer on this day in history.   

1814  On January - 08 johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist   

1815  On this day in history andrew Jackson's troops defeat the British at Chalmette in the Battle of New Orleans.   

1815  On January - 08 battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew   

1815  On January - 08 george Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

1815  On this day in history edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle   

1817  On January - 08 john Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867   

1819  Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55 on January - 08.   

1821  On January - 08 james Longstreet, Confederate general (1st Corps, ANV)   

1822  On this day in history alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer   

1823  On this day in history the birth of Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist   

1823  Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution) on this day in history.   

1824  Per August Olander, composer on January - 08.   

1830  Dutch King Willem I fires him displeasing parliament members on January - 08.   

1830  On this day in history gouverneur Kemble Warren, Major Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882   

1831  Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 on January - 08.   

1833  On this day in history boston Academy of Music, first US music school, established   

1833  On this day in history boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established   

1835  On January - 08 the United States national debt is 0 for the first and only time.   

1836  Fannie M Jackson, pioneer & educator, 1st US Black woman college grad on this day in history.   

1838  Edward Theller 1804-1859 fires on Fort Malden from vessel 'Anne', while Thomas Sutherland occupies Bois Blanc Island; US sympathizers of rebels called Hunter's Lodges on this day in history.   

1838  On January - 08 rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out   

1838  The first telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, New Jersey on January - 08.   

1838  On this day in history 1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes (NJ)   

1842  Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft on this day in history.   

1842  On January - 08 pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71   

1846  On this day in history albert Cahen, composer   

1847  On this day in history battle of San Gabriel (Navy, Marines, Army defeat Mexicans in CA)   

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1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on this day in history.   

1556  On January - 08 birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

1583  On January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.   

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on January - 08.   

1632  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.   

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on January - 08.   

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  On January - 08 laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73