Battle of Andrassos
Event 960Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
Source: Wikipedia — Battle of AndrassosOn this day — November 8
What happened on this day in history
Events
Trần Thánh Tông
Event 1278Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, decides to pass the throne to his crown prince Trần Khâm and take up the post of Retired Emperor.
Source: Wikipedia — Trần Thánh Tông
Republic of Venice
Event 1291The Republic of Venice enacts a law confining most of Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of Murano".
Source: Wikipedia — Republic of Venice
Hernán Cortés
Event 1519Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.
Source: Wikipedia — Hernán Cortés
Monarchy of Sweden
Event 1520After being crowned king of Sweden, Christian II gave the order to execute nearly 100 people, mostly noblemen, despite promises of general amnesty.
Source: Wikipedia — Monarchy of Sweden
Eighty Years' War
Event 1576Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
Source: Wikipedia — Eighty Years' War
Bodleian Library
Event 1602The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
Source: Wikipedia — Bodleian Library
Robert Catesby
Event 1605Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.
Source: Wikipedia — Robert Catesby
Daimyo
Event 1614Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.
Source: Wikipedia — Daimyo
Battle of White Mountain
Event 1620The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
Source: Wikipedia — Battle of White Mountain
Shunzhi Emperor
Event 1644The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
Source: Wikipedia — Shunzhi Emperor
Charles Edward Stuart
Event 1745Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of approximately 5,000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
Source: Wikipedia — Charles Edward Stuart
Mary Lyon
Event 1837Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
Source: Wikipedia — Mary Lyon
American Civil War
Event 1861American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USS San Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
Source: Wikipedia — American Civil War
1892 New Orleans general strike
Event 1892The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
Source: Wikipedia — 1892 New Orleans general strike
Carmaux-Bons Enfants bombing
Event 1892The Carmaux-Bons Enfants bombing marks the start of Émile Henry's attacks into the Ère des attentats (1892–1894).
Source: Wikipedia — Carmaux-Bons Enfants bombing
Wilhelm Röntgen
Event 1895While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
Source: Wikipedia — Wilhelm Röntgen
Gospel riots
Event 1901Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
Source: Wikipedia — Gospel riots
Council of People's Commissars
Event 1917The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
Source: Wikipedia — Council of People's CommissarsEichenfeld massacre
Event 1919Eichenfeld massacre: Members of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine murder 136 Mennonite colonists at Jaskyowo, initiating a series of massacres that resulted in the deaths of 827 Ukrainian Mennonites.
Source: Wikipedia — Eichenfeld massacre
Rupert Bear
Event 1920Rupert Bear, illustrated by Mary Tourtel makes his first appearance in print.
Source: Wikipedia — Rupert Bear
Beer Hall Putsch
Event 1923Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
Source: Wikipedia — Beer Hall Putsch
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Event 1932Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.
Source: Wikipedia — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Great Depression
Event 1933Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed.
Source: Wikipedia — Great Depression
Spanish Civil War
Event 1936Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the three-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
Source: Wikipedia — Spanish Civil War
Nazism
Event 1937The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
Source: Wikipedia — Nazism
Venlo incident
Event 1939Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
Source: Wikipedia — Venlo incident
Munich
Event 1939In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
Source: Wikipedia — Munich
Greco-Italian War
Event 1940Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
Source: Wikipedia — Greco-Italian War
World War II
Event 1942World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
Source: Wikipedia — World War II
Korean War
Event 1950Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
Source: Wikipedia — Korean War
Pan Am Flight 7
Event 1957Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
Source: Wikipedia — Pan Am Flight 7
Operation Grapple
Event 1957Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
Source: Wikipedia — Operation Grapple
John F. Kennedy
Event 1960John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, who would later be elected president in 1968 and 1972.
Source: Wikipedia — John F. Kennedy
Finnair
Event 1963Finnair's Aero Flight 217 crashes near Mariehamn Airport in Jomala, Åland, killing 22 people.
Source: Wikipedia — Finnair
British Indian Ocean Territory
Event 1965The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
Source: Wikipedia — British Indian Ocean Territory
Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965
Event 1965The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes.
Source: Wikipedia — Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965
173rd Airborne Brigade
Event 1965The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
Source: Wikipedia — 173rd Airborne Brigade
American Airlines Flight 383 (1965)
Event 1965American Airlines Flight 383 crashes in Constance, Kentucky, killing 58.
Source: Wikipedia — American Airlines Flight 383 (1965)
Massachusetts
Event 1966Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
Source: Wikipedia — Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Event 1966U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
Source: Wikipedia — Lyndon B. Johnson
Vienna Convention on Road Traffic
Event 1968The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
Source: Wikipedia — Vienna Convention on Road Traffic
John Paul Getty III
Event 1973The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.
Source: Wikipedia — John Paul Getty III
Manolis Andronikos
Event 1977Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
Source: Wikipedia — Manolis Andronikos
Aeroméxico Flight 110
Event 1981Aeroméxico Flight 110 crashes near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.
Source: Wikipedia — Aeroméxico Flight 110
TAAG Flight 462
Event 1983TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
Source: Wikipedia — TAAG Flight 462
Remembrance Day bombing
Event 1987Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
Source: Wikipedia — Remembrance Day bombing
Vice President of the United States
Event 1988U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
Source: Wikipedia — Vice President of the United States
Republican Revolution
Event 1994Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of Congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally), thus bringing to a close four decades of Democratic domination.
Source: Wikipedia — Republican Revolution
Sharee Miller
Event 1999Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.
Source: Wikipedia — Sharee Miller
Iraq disarmament crisis
Event 2002Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441: The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".
Source: Wikipedia — Iraq disarmament crisis
Iraq War
Event 2004Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
Source: Wikipedia — Iraq War
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Event 2006Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.
Source: Wikipedia — Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Potentially hazardous object
Event 2011The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
Source: Wikipedia — Potentially hazardous object
Typhoon Haiyan
Event 2013Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines; the storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused $2.86 billion (2013 USD; equivalent to $3.95 billion in 2025) in damage.
Source: Wikipedia — Typhoon Haiyan
2016 Indian banknote demonetisation
Event 2016Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes.
Source: Wikipedia — 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation
Donald Trump
Event 2016Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination.
Source: Wikipedia — Donald Trump
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Event 2017The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Source: Wikipedia — Louvre Abu Dhabi
2020 Myanmar general election
Event 2020Myanmar holds the 2020 general election, re-electing a government led by the National League for Democracy, which is deposed by the Burmese military the following February during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
Source: Wikipedia — 2020 Myanmar general electionBirths
Alain de Coëtivy
Born 1407Alain de Coëtivy, French cardinal (died 1474)
Source: Wikipedia — Alain de Coëtivy
Philipp I of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Born 1417Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1458–1480) (died 1480)
Source: Wikipedia — Philipp I of Hanau-Lichtenberg
