1360
Treaty of Brétigny
Treaty · Europe
On this day
8 May
344 events in the atlas are dated to 8 May, from 663 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 344 events
- 663 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1605
May 1605 papal conclave
Election · Europe
1846
Battle of Palo Alto
Battle · North America
1860
Colombian Civil War of 1859–62
War · South America · 1860 – 1862
1972
Sabena Flight 571
Accident · Middle East
2022
COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
Epidemic · East Asia
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 16 events- 1360Treaty of BrétignyTreaty · Europe
- 1063Battle of GrausBattle · Europe
- 1493Meiō incidentPolitical
- 1358Treaty of LondonTreaty · Europe
- 1406Founding of Mala OziminaFounding · Europe
- 1498Founding of Santuario della Madonna dei MiracoliFounding · Europe
- 707 CEConstruction of Nakayama ShrineConstruction · East Asia
- 1137Construction of Le Breuil-Benoît AbbeyConstruction · Europe
- 663 CEBattle of SipontoBattle · Europe
- 701 CE701 Taihō earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 32 events- 1605May 1605 papal conclaveElection · Europe
- 1592Battle of OkpoBattle · East Asia
- 1769Battle of Ponte NovuBattle · Europe
- 1530Founding of San MiguelFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1592Battle of JeokjinpoBattle · East Asia
- 1624Capture of SalvadorEvent · South America
- 1758Battle of PeshawarBattle · South Asia
- 1713Battle of HelsinkiBattle · Europe
- 1648Battle of St FagansBattle · Europe
- 1793Battle of RaismesBattle
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 32 events- 1846Battle of Palo AltoBattle · North America
- 1821Battle of Gravia InnBattle · Europe
- 1860Colombian Civil War of 1859–62War · South America · 1860 – 1862
- 18471847 Zenkoji earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1862Battle of McDowellBattle · North America
- 1842Versailles rail accidentAccident · Europe
- 1809Battle of Piave RiverBattle · Europe
- 18471847 Zenkōji earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1870French constitutional referendum, 1870Election · Europe
- 1825Battle of SphacteriaBattle · Europe
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 158 events- 1972Sabena Flight 571Accident · Middle East
- 1973Wounded Knee incidentProtest · North America
- 1943Changjiao massacreAttack · East Asia
- 19021902 Mount Pelee tsunamiNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 19021902 eruption of PeleeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1952Night of the Murdered PoetsCrime · Europe
- 1963Huế Phật Đản shootingsAttack · Southeast Asia
- 1997China Southern Airlines Flight 3456Accident · East Asia
- 1942Cocos Islands MutinyRebellion
- 1987Loughgall AmbushAttack · Europe
The 21st century
since 2001 · 106 events- 2022COVID-19 pandemic in North KoreaEpidemic · East Asia
- 2021May 2021 Kabul bombingAttack · South Asia
- 20152015 Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 crashEvent · South Asia
- 20072007 Fort Dix attack plotEvent
- 2002Karachi affairPolitical · South Asia
- 20232023 Serbian protestsProtest · Europe
- 20182018 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola virus outbreakEpidemic · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 20022002 Karachi bus bombingAttack · South Asia
- 2001murder of Koby Mandell and Yosef IshranNatural disaster · Middle East
- 2019Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight 060Accident
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.