5_8 Events in History.

432 Historic Events for May 8

1703 Gottlob Harrer, composer Birth
1721 Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII Event
1725 John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle Death
1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline and Fall of Roman Empire) Birth
1741 France and Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg Event
1742 Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer Birth
1745 Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer Birth
1750 Elias Mann, composer Birth
1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of M‚xican independence Birth
1763 John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman Birth

1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies Death
1778 Johann Gansbacher, composer Birth
1784 Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC) Event
1785 Pietro Longhi, painter, dies Death
1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry Birth
1792 US establishes military draft Event
1792 British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash Event
1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined Death
1794 US Post Office established Event
1803 Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer Birth
1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer Birth
1809 Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 Death
1810 James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 Birth
1814 Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist Birth
1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 Death