October 8

October 8 is the 281st day of the Gregorian Calendar ( 282nd in leap years), thus remain still 84 days until the end of the year.

  • 2.1 Before the 19th century
  • 2.2 19th century
  • 2.3 20th century 2.3.1 1901-1950
  • 2.3.2 1951-2000
  • 3.1 Before the 20th century
  • 3.2 20th century
  • 3.3 21st century

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • 0314: In the Battle of Cibalae the forces of Constantine the Great defeated in Pannonia the army of the Eastern Roman emperor Licinius.
  • 0705: Al- Walid I, under whose reign the empire reached its greatest expansion of the Umayyad Caliph is.
  • 1075: Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned by an emissary of Pope Gregory VII in Solin to the king of Croatia.
  • 2000: After the abdication of his father, Jean Henri is the new Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
  • 2000: Aleksander Kwasniewski is re-elected as President of Poland.

Economy

Science and Technology

Culture

  • 0777: The Hammelburger Mark description, the minutes of a border survey and one of the oldest records in Old High German, is formed.

Religion

  • 0451: The Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon begins.
  • 1991: The Catholic theologian Eugen Drewermann be withdrawn by the Archbishop of Paderborn, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, teaching permission.

Disasters

  • 2005: In a major earthquake in Kashmir, an area where the Indian tectonic plate moves northward against the Eurasian, approximately 80,000 people are killed.

Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.

Sports

Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.

Born

Before the 19th century

19th century

20th century

1901-1950

1951-2000

Died

Before the 20th century

20th century

21st Century

  • 2002: Joachim Zahn, German industrialist
  • 2002: Philippe Boutros Chebaya, Lebanese Bishops
  • 2003: Kozo Ando, ​​Japanese Kendoka
  • 2004: Jacques Derrida, French philosopher
  • 2004: Reiner Schreiber, German politician ( CDU)
  • 2004: Rico Weber, Swiss artist
  • 2005: Joachim Dalsass, South Tyrolean politician
  • 2007: Constantine Andreou, Greek - French painter and sculptor
  • 2008: Herbert Boetticher, German actor
  • 2008: Hogan Wharton, American Football player

Holidays and observances

  • Religious observances Johannes Mathesius, Bohemian teacher and pastor ( Protestant)
  • St. Reparata, Roman martyr ( Catholic)
  • St. Thais, Egyptian courtesan ( Catholic)
  • State Holidays and observances Croatia: Independence

More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.

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