Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  On this day in history first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

1840  1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on October - 08.   

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  Rose Scott, Social Reformer on October - 08.   

1855  On October - 08 gustav Ehrismann, German germanist   

1856  Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy & lower Brit flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War on October - 08.   

1860  Telegraph line between LA and SF opens on this day in history.   

1860  Telegraph line between LA & SF opens on October - 08.   

1860  On October - 08 felix Woyrsch, composer   

1861  Theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments) on October - 08.   

1862  Battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted on October - 08.   

1862  James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on this day in history.   

1864  Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34 on October - 08.   

1865  Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains on October - 08.   

1865  On October - 08 heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51   

1868  On October - 08 max Slevogt, German painter   

1869  On this day in history j Frank Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)   

1869  Franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64 on this day in history.   

1870  On October - 08 louis Vierne, composer   

1871  On this day in history a cow overturns a lantern in a barn, causing the 'Great Fire of Chicago'   

1871  On October - 08 great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation   

1871  On this day in history gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin   

1872  John Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood & Stone) on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute   

1873  Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) on October - 08.   

1874  Nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1880  Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party) on October - 08.   

1881  On October - 08 haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300,000 people   

1885  On this day in history william Henry Bennett Vodery, composer   

1886  Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Noble Bachelor" (BG) on October - 08.   

1886  On this day in history 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  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on October - 08.   

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

1621  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of antonio Palella, composer   

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

0705  Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on this day in history.   

0976  On October - 08 death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  On this day in history 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  On October - 08 death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

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 October - 08.