What is January 8?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[307]] &ndash; [[Jin Huidi]], Chinese Emperor of the [[Jin Dynasty]], is [[poison]]ed, and succeeded by his son, [[Jin Huaidi]]. * [[871]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ashdown]] – [[Ethelred of Wessex]] defeats [[Danes|Danish]] invasion army. * [[1198]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent III|Innocent III]] becomes [[Pope]]. * [[1297]] &ndash; [[François Grimaldi]], disguised as a [[monk]], leads his men to capture the [[Rock of Monaco]]; from then on, his family rules the [[Principality]] of [[Monaco]]. * [[1499]] &ndash; King [[Louis XII of France]] marries [[Anne of Brittany]]. * [[1697]] &ndash; [[Thomas Aikenhead]] of [[Edinburgh]] becomes the last person in [[Scotland]], and in the present–day [[United Kingdom]], to be executed for [[blasphemy]]. * [[1734]] &ndash; Premiere of [[George Frideric Handel]]'s ''[[Ariodante]]'' at the [[Royal Opera House]], [[Covent Garden]]. * [[1746]] &ndash; [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]] occupies [[Stirling]]. * [[1781]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] hits [[Tabriz]], [[Persia]], killing over 50,000 people. * [[1790]] &ndash; In [[New York City]], [[George Washington]] makes the [[US]]' first [[State of the Union Address]]. * [[1806]] &ndash; [[Cape Colony]] becomes a [[United Kingdom|British]] colony. * [[1815]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: In the [[Battle of New Orleans]], [[Andrew Jackson]] leads [[United States|American]] forces in victory over the [[United Kingdom|British]]. * [[1835]] &ndash; [[US]] national [[debt]] is at zero, for the only time in US [[history]]. * [[1838]] &ndash; [[Alfred Vail]] demonstrates a [[telegraph]] using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of [[Morse code]]). * [[1856]] &ndash; [[Borax]] is discovered ([[John Veatch]]). * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Second Battle of Springfield]]. * [[1867]] &ndash; [[African American]] men granted the right to vote in the [[District of Columbia]]. * [[1877]] &ndash; In [[Montana]], [[Crazy Horse]] and his warriors fight their last battle with the [[United States Cava