Page 2: Historical Events In June - 08

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer on June - 08.   

1742  On June - 08 omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62   

1743  Alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer on June - 08.   

1753  Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer on June - 08.   

1756  On June - 08 cornelis van Foreest, mayor of Alkmaar   

1759  Thomas Dunham Whitaker, Rainham Norfolk UK, topographer on June - 08.   

1761  On June - 08 british fleet occupies Belle Britain   

1768  On June - 08 johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50   

1772  The birth of Robert Stevenson, English engineer on June - 08.   

1772  Robert Stevenson, Glasgow, civil engineer on this day in history.   

1783  On June - 08 laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption   

1783  Joseph Lincke, composer on this day in history.   

1786  On June - 08 first commercially-made ice cream sold (NY)   

1786  On June - 08 commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr Hall, NYC)   

1789  James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75   

1794  On June - 08 g A Borger, writer, dies   

1795  On this day in history louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10   

1796  Felice de Giardini, composer, dies at 80 on June - 08.   

1803  On this day in history joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80   

1804  Jan Baptist van Son, Dutch politician (RC) on this day in history.   

1805  Luigi Ricci, composer on June - 08.   

1806  Gideon Johnson Pillow, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1878 on this day in history.   

1806  George Wythe, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79 on June - 08.   

1809  Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history the birth of Robert Schumann, German composer   

1812  On this day in history robert Schumann, Zwickau Germany, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)   

1813  On June - 08 david Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1891   

1814  On this day in history charles Reade, England, novelist (Cloister & Hearth)   

1814  Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer, dies at 48 on June - 08.   

1815  On June - 08 39 German states unite under the Act of Confederation   

1815  39 German states unite under Act of Confederation on June - 08.   

1821  John Dunlap Stevenson, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1897 on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec   

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1318  On this day in history birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on this day in history.   

1652  On June - 08 birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  On June - 08 birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

1724  John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer was born on June - 08.   

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

0218  Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 on June - 08.   

0632  On June - 08 mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)   

1042  On June - 08 death of hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth   

1115  On June - 08 peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64   

1376  "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 on June - 08.   

1383  Death of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) on June - 08.   

1384  Death of Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) on June - 08.   

1476  Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on this day in history.