Historical Events on October 8

Between Constantine I and Licinius

1342 battle during the Hundred Years' War

1538 naval battle of the Third Ottoman–Venetian War

Earthquake occurred on 7 October 1639 near Amatrice, in the Kingdom of Naples

1652 naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War

1813 treaty between Bavaria and Austria

Treaty between China and the United Kingdom, concluded in October 1843 to supplement the previous Treaty of Nanking

1847 military battle of the Mexican-American War

War in the Rogue River Valley in Oregon; part of the American Indian Wars

1856–1860 war between British–French forces and China

Great Chicago Fire — 1871 conflagration in Chicago, Illinois

1879 naval encounter of the War of the Pacific

1915 offensive mounted on the Western Front during World War I

1944 military conflict in Estonia during WW II

1961 United States Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961

1969 battle in Uruguay

1972 United States Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1972

Earthquake off the coast of Antigua, Lesser Antilles

1978 Canadian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978

Palestinian riots in Jerusalem during the First Intifada

2000 Japanese Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000

2001 Linate Airport runway collision — 2001 collision of an airliner and a business jet at Milan Linate Airport

2005 Kashmir earthquake — earthquake

2022 Crimean Bridge explosion — explosion on the Crimean Bridge that occurred on 8 October 2022