1297
Founding of Monaco
Founding · Europe
On this day
8 January
223 events in the atlas are dated to 8 January, from 725 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 223 events
- 725 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1725
1725 Yunnan earthquake
Natural disaster · East Asia
1815
Battle of New Orleans
Battle · North America
1918
Fourteen Points
Treaty
2020
Megxit
Event · Europe
2020
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
Accident · Middle East
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 10 events- 871 CEBattle of AshdownBattle · Europe
- 1297Founding of MonacoFounding · Europe
- 871 CEBattle of ReadingBattle · Europe
- 11981198 papal electionElection · Europe
- 1422Battle of HabryBattle · Europe
- 1392Founding of MarceaFounding · Europe
- 725 CEConstruction of Kashii-gūConstruction · East Asia
- 1336Battle of Yahagi-gawaBattle · East Asia
- 1336Battle of TegoshigawaraBattle · East Asia
- 1026Battle of SomnathBattle · South Asia
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 22 events- 17251725 Yunnan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 16611661 Tainan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1676Battle of StromboliBattle · Europe
- 17801780 Tabriz earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1760Founding of PownalFounding · North America
- 1780Action of 8 January 1780Battle
- 1537Founding of Gazi Husrev Bey's LibraryFounding · Europe
- 1581Founding of RoeștiFounding · Europe
- 1580Founding of CupeleFounding · Europe
- 1580Founding of IzvoruFounding · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 27 events- 1815Battle of New OrleansBattle · North America
- 1806Battle of BlaauwbergBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1877Battle of Wolf MountainBattle · North America
- 18111811 German Coast UprisingRebellion
- 1839Founding of Pine BluffFounding · North America
- 1853Founding of São José dos PinhaisFounding · South America
- 1820Founding of Trucial StatesFounding · Middle East
- 1858Founding of UrdanetaFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1847Battle of Rio San GabrielBattle · North America
- 1878Battle at Shipka – SheynovoBattle
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 69 events- 1918Fourteen PointsTreaty
- 19961996 Air Africa crashAccident · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1989Kegworth air disasterAccident · Europe
- 1936Kashf-e hijabEvent · Middle East
- 1992George H. W. Bush vomiting incidentEvent · North America
- 1942Rzhev-Vyazma offensiveEvent
- 1944Verona trialPolitical · Europe
- 19711971 Pacific typhoon seasonEvent
- 1962Harmelen train disasterAccident · Europe
- 1987Siege of BasraSiege · Middle East
The 21st century
since 2001 · 95 events- 20112011 Tucson shootingAttack · North America
- 2020MegxitEvent · Europe
- 2020Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752Accident · Middle East
- 20152015 Sri Lankan presidential electionElection · South Asia
- 20202020 Iranian attack on U.S. forces in IraqEvent · Middle East
- 2023Federal intervention in the Distrito Federal in 2023Event · South America
- 2010Togo national football team attackAttack · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2016West Air Sweden Flight 294Accident · Europe
- 2025Sunset FireEvent · North America
- 2003Air Midwest Flight 5481Accident · North America
About the dates
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.