On March 8, history records 45 notable events, 169 famous births and 81 deaths, spanning the years 1010 to 1736.
Events on this day include: Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh. (1010); Following the death of his mother Urraca, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and Leรณn. (1126).
Notable people born on March 8 include John III, Duke of Brittany (1286), Beatrice of Castile (1293-1359) (1293), John of God (1495).
Notable figures who died on this day include Li Shidao (819), Rudolf of Fulda (865), Urraca of Leรณn and Castile (1126).
Events on 8 March 45
See all →Following the death of his mother Urraca, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and Leรณn.
Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg.
Spanish explorer Diego Garcรญa de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copรกn.
John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655-1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
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Birthdays on 8 March 169
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Deaths on 8 March 81
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