1541
Founding of Zapopan
Founding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
On this day
8 December
301 events in the atlas are dated to 8 December, from 395 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 301 events
- 395 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1863
Reconstruction Era
Event · North America · 1863 – 1877
1869
First Vatican Council
Political · 1869 – 1871
1987
First Intifada
Rebellion · Middle East · 1987 – 1993
1991
Belovezh Accords
Treaty · Europe
2024
Fall of the Assad regime
Event · Middle East
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 5 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 18 events- 1541Founding of ZapopanFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1710Battle of BrihuegaBattle · Europe
- 1744Founding of CopiapóFounding · South America
- 1548Founding of LojaFounding · South America
- 1622Founding of ボアクFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1757Battle of Bloody CreekBattle · North America
- 1595Founding of ZarumaFounding · South America
- 1628Founding of TosaguaFounding · South America
- 1794Great New Orleans FireEvent · North America
- 1754Founding of VulpășeștiFounding · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 31 events- 1863Reconstruction EraEvent · North America · 1863 – 1877
- 1869First Vatican CouncilPolitical · 1869 – 1871
- 18161816 Sichuan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1863Church of the Company FireEvent · South America
- 1891Construction of Paulista AvenueConstruction · South America
- 18421842 Ankober earthquakeNatural disaster · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1881Ringtheater fireEvent · Europe
- 1873Founding of TexarkanaFounding · North America
- 18121812 Wrightwood earthquakeNatural disaster · North America
- 1859Founding of United Provinces of Central ItalyFounding
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 162 events- 1987First IntifadaRebellion · Middle East · 1987 – 1993
- 1991Belovezh AccordsTreaty · Europe
- 1941Battle of Hong KongBattle · East Asia
- 1987Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces TreatyTreaty · North America
- 1941Battle of Wake IslandBattle
- 1914Battle of the Falkland IslandsBattle · South America
- 1941South-East Asian theater of World War IIEvent · Southeast Asia · 1941 – 1945
- 1941Malayan campaignWar · 1941 – 1942
- 1962Brunei RevoltRebellion · Southeast Asia
- 1963Pan Am Flight 214Accident · North America
The 21st century
since 2001 · 84 events- 2024Fall of the Assad regimeEvent · Middle East
- 2024aftermath of the Syrian civil warEvent · Middle East
- 20212021 Indian Air Force Mi-17 crashAccident · South Asia
- 2005Southwest Airlines Flight 1248Accident · North America
- 2008Operation AtalantaEvent · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2004Columbus nightclub shootingAttack · North America
- 20132013 Little India riotProtest · Southeast Asia
- 20082008 Quebec general electionElection · North America
- 20252025 Aomori earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 2015Battle of RamadiBattle · Middle East · 2015 – 2016
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Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.