Page 3: Historical Events In October - 08

1840  On October - 08 first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

1840  1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach   

1842  On October - 08 christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68   

1847  On October - 08 rose Scott, Social Reformer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1860  On October - 08 telegraph line between LA & SF opens   

1860  On October - 08 felix Woyrsch, composer   

1861  Theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments) on this day in history.   

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  On October - 08 thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34   

1865  Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains on this day in history.   

1865  Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51 on October - 08.   

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  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  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  Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin on this day in history.   

1872  On October - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

1875  Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ (US Open-1903) on October - 08.   

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  On this day in history ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party)   

1881  Haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300,000 people on October - 08.   

1885  William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer on October - 08.   

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

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

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1515  On this day in history 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 October - 08.   

1621  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

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

1692  On October - 08 birth of antonio Palella, composer   

1697  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on October - 08.   

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

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on October - 08.   

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on October - 08.   

1253  On October - 08 robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

1286  On this day in history death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

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

1604  On this day in history janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  On this day in history jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies