What is October 8?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1075]] &ndash; [[Dmitar Zvonimir]] is crowned [[King]] of [[Croatia]]. * [[1480]] &ndash; Stand–off on the Ugra [[River]], between the forces of [[Akhmat Khan]] of the 'Great Horde', and those of Grand Duke [[Ivan III]] of [[Russia]], resulting in the retreat of the [[Tatarstan|Tataro]]–[[Mongol Empire|Mongols]]. * [[1573]] &ndash; End of the Spanish [[Siege of Alkmaar]] ([[Netherlands]]) – First Dutch victory in the [[Eighty Years' War]]. * [[1600]] &ndash; [[San Marino]] adopts its own [[constitution]]. * [[1806]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: Forces of the [[British Empire]] lay [[siege]] to the port of [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]], on [[France]]'s [[English Channel]] [[coast]]. * [[1813]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Ried]] is signed between [[Bavaria]] and [[Austria]]. * [[1814]] &ndash; The first [[election]] to [[Norway]]'s [[Storting]] ([[Parliament]]) takes place. * [[1821]] &ndash; The [[Government]] of [[Jose de San Martin]] creates the [[Peru]]vian [[Navy]]. * [[1822]] &ndash; A [[Volcano|volcanic]] eruption begins on the island of [[Java]]. * [[1856]] &ndash; The [[Second Opium War]] between [[China]] and Western powers begins. * [[1860]] &ndash; The [[telegraph]] line linking [[San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], opens. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Perryville]], [[Kentucky]]. * [[1871]] &ndash; The [[Great Chicago Fire]] occurs. * [[1879]] &ndash; [[War of the Pacific]]: In the naval [[Battle of Angamos]], [[Chile]] defeats [[Peru]]. * [[1895]] &ndash; [[Empress Myeongseong]] of [[Korea]] is [[murder]]ed by [[Japan]]ese forces at Geongbok [[Palace]], before her [[corpse]] is burned. * [[1897]] &ndash; [[Gustav Mahler]] becomes director of the [[Vienna]] Court [[Opera]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1904]] &ndash; [[Edmonton, Alberta]] and [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan]] become [[city|cities]]. * [[1912]] &ndash; The First [[Balkans|Balkan]] War begins: [[Montenegro]] declares [[war]] on the [[Ottoman Empire]]. *