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Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories.
Year 451
At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
Year 876
Battle of Andernach: Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
Year 1322
Mladen II Šubić of Bribir, defeated in the battle of Bliska, is arrested by the Parliament.
Year 1480
Great stand on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde.
Year 1573
End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years' War.
Year 1582
Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Year 1645
Jeanne Mance opened the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first lay hospital in North America.
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Deaths on 8 October 99
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