Events on 8 May 44
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Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths.
Year 1429
Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
Year 1516
Trần Cảo Rebellion: A group of imperial guards, led by Trịnh Duy Sản, murdered Emperor Lê Tương Dực and fled, leaving the capital Thăng Long undefended.
Year 1541
Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Río de Espíritu Santo.
Year 1788
The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts.
Year 1794
Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme générale, is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.
Year 1821
Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia Inn.
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Deaths on 8 May 120
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