Day In History
This Day in History
Today: March 8, 2026
1010
Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh.[1]
1126
Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.[2]
1262
Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg.[3]
1558
The city of Pori (Swedish: Björneborg) is founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia.[4]
1658
Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden.[5]
1702
Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.[6]
1722
The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad.[7]
1736
Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.[8]
1775
An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.[9]
1782
Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.[10]
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