What is November 8?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1278]] &ndash; [[Tran Thanh Tang]], second [[Emperor]] of [[Vietnam]]'s [[Tran Dynasty]], decides to pass the throne to crown prince [[Tran Kham]]. * [[1519]] &ndash; [[Hernán Cortés]] enters [[Tenochtitlán]] and [[Aztec]] ruler [[Moctezuma II|Moctezuma]] welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning [[Deity|god]]. * [[1520]] &ndash; [[Stockholm Bloodbath]] begins: A successful invasion of [[Sweden]] by [[Denmark|Danish]] forces results in the execution of around 100 persons. * [[1576]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: The [[States General of the Netherlands]] meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation. * [[1602]] &ndash; The [[Bodleian Library]] in the [[University of Oxford]] is opened to the public. * [[1605]] &ndash; [[Robert Catesby]], ringleader of the [[Gunpowder Plot]]ters, is killed. * [[1620]] &ndash; The [[Battle of White Mountain]], the first battle in the [[Thirty Years' War]], takes place near [[Prague]], ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours. * [[1644]] &ndash; [[Shunzhi Emperor]], the first [[Emperor]] of [[China]]'s [[Qing Dynasty]], is enthroned in [[Beijing]]. * [[1745]] &ndash; [[Charles Edward Stuart]] invades [[England]] with an army of around 5,000 that would later take part in the [[Battle of Culloden]]. * [[1793]] &ndash; In [[Paris]], the [[French Revolution]]ary government opens the [[Louvre]] to the public as a [[museum]]. * [[1798]] &ndash; British seafarer [[John Fearn]] becomes the first [[Europe]]an to set foot on the island of [[Nauru]], which he names ''Pleasant Island''. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The Trent Affair – The USS ''San Jacinto'' stops the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mail]] [[ship]] ''Trent'' and arrests two [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] envoys, sparkinga [[diplomat]]ic crisis between the [[UK]] and the [[USA]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|U.S. presidential]] [[election]]: [[Abraham Lincoln]] is reelected in an overwhelming victor