WHAT HAPPENED ON 8. OCTOBER
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Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories. (8. October 314)

At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1). (8. October 451)

Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia. (8. October 1075)

Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England. (8. October 1200)

Mladen II Šubić of Bribir, defeated in the battle of Bliska, is arrested by the Parliament. (8. October 1322)

Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde. (8. October 1480)

End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War. (8. October 1573)

Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. (8. October 1582)

San Marino adopts its written constitution. (8. October 1600)

Jeanne Mance opened the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first lay hospital in North America. (8. October 1645)

Napoleonic Wars: Forces of the British Empire lay siege to the port of Boulogne in France by using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve. (8. October 1806)

The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bayern and Austria. (8. October 1813)

The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy. (8. October 1821)

Rail transport: Stephenson's The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials. (8. October 1829)

The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River. (8. October 1856)

Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens. (8. October 1860)

American Civil War: Battle of Perryville – Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky. (8. October 1862)

Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan including the Great Chicago Fire, and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire. (8. October 1871)

War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter. (8. October 1879)

Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators inside and her corpse burnt by Korean people Gyeongbok Palace. (8. October 1895)

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