On May 8, history records 44 notable events, 266 famous births and 120 deaths, spanning the years 413 to 1842.
Events on this day include: Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were p... (413); Reccared I summons the Third Council of Toledo. (589).
Notable people born on May 8 include Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (1427), Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460).
Notable figures who died on this day include Pope John II (535), Pope Benedict II (685), Ahmed Sanjar (1157).
Events on 8 May 44
See all →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.
Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
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.
Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Río de Espíritu Santo.
The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts.
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.
Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia Inn.
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Birthdays on 8 May 266
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Deaths on 8 May 120
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