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Historical Events on March 8

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11 significant historical events occurred on March 8. March 8 is linked to various notable events across nearly a century. These events include the premiere of Adolphe Adam's ballet Giselle in 1926 and the 1963 Syrian coup d'état that brought the Ba'ath Party to power. More recent events are the death of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez in 2013 and the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in 2014.

Total Events
11
Time Span
1262–2014
Categories
4
Top Category
war
5 events

18 famous birthdays on March 8

Including Otto Hahn, Edward C. Kendall, Marjorie Estiano

Event Distribution by Century

Darker = Higher Density
13th C.21st C.

13th Century

1 event
1262
war

1262 conflict to free the city of Strasbourg

18th Century

1 event
1777
war

1777 Skirmish in the American Revolutionary War

19th Century

2 events
1801
war

1801 second battle of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria to be fought at Abu Qir

1864
war

1864 a battle of the Second Schleswig War

20th Century

3 events
1916
war

1916 WWI battle of the Mesopotamian Campaign

1926
general

Giselle — ballet by Adolphe Adam

1963
politics

1963 Syrian coup d'état — overthrow of Syrian Prime Minister Nazim al-Kudsi by the Ba'ath Party

21st Century

4 events
2009
general

2009 mass shooting in Czech Republic

2010
disaster

6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Elazığ in eastern Turkey on March 8, 2010

2013
general

Death of Hugo Chávez — death and state funeral of Hugo Chávez

2014
general

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — passenger aircraft flight that went missing in 2014

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