Page 2: Historical Events In October - 08

1712  French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast on October - 08.   

1722  On October - 08 gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80   

1728  Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47 on October - 08.   

1740  On this day in history chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia   

1740  On October - 08 michel-Julien Mathieu, composer   

1747  Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer on October - 08.   

1748  Franz Seydelmann, composer on October - 08.   

1754  On this day in history henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47   

1771  On October - 08 john E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76   

1772  Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 on October - 08.   

1775  On October - 08 officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army   

1775  Officers decide to bar slaves & free blacks from Continental Army on October - 08.   

1790  On this day in history waldemar Thrane, composer   

1793  On this day in history john Hancock, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 56   

1802  Peter Hofstede, the Great, Dutch reformed theologist on October - 08.   

1803  Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history british forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve   

1813  Treaty of Ried between Bayern & Austria on October - 08.   

1813  On this day in history carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer   

1815  Joachim Murats forces lands at Pizzo Italy on October - 08.   

1818  2 English boxers are the first to use padded gloves on October - 08.   

1818  2 English boxers are 1st to use padded gloves on October - 08.   

1818  John Henninger Reagan, Atty Gen (Confederacy) on October - 08.   

1820  On October - 08 stanislaw Katski, composer   

1821  On this day in history the government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy.   

1822  On October - 08 first eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley   

1822  On this day in history 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley   

1826  On this day in history matt Whitaker Ransom, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904   

1828  On October - 08 francisque Sarcey, French writer/critic   

1831  Michal Jelski, composer on October - 08.   

1834  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58 on October - 08.   

1835  On October - 08 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches James Island, Galapagos archipelago   

1837  Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer on this day in history.   

1838  John Milton Hay, politician (Union), died in 1905 on October - 08.   

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

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on October - 08.   

1619  On October - 08 birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

1621  On this day in history birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

1676  On October - 08 birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on October - 08.   

1692  On October - 08 birth of antonio Palella, composer   

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

0705  On this day in history abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  On October - 08 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  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on this day in history.   

1286  On October - 08 death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

1317  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on October - 08.   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1606  On October - 08 jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies