This Day in History
Today: November 8, 2026
960
Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
1278
Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, decides to pass the throne to his crown prince Trần Khâm and take up the post of Retired Emperor.
1291
The Republic of Venice enacts a law confining most of Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of Murano".[1]
1519
Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.
1520
Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people, mostly noblemen.
1576
Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
1602
The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
1605
Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.
1614
Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.
1620
The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
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