October 8th, 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. event on October 08, 1879. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around October 08, 1879
| October 9th, 1879 | Birth | Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1960) |
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