08 April - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on April 08, the day number in a year is 98 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 99. April 08 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
April 08 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 217 | Roman emperor Caracalla was assassinated at a roadside nearHarran and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect Macrinus. |
| 1271 | The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers to the army of the Mamluk sultan Baybars. |
| 1341 | Italian scholar and poet Petrarch took the title poet laureate at a ceremony in Rome. |
| 1730 | The first synagogue in the city of Sharith Israel was built in New York. |
| 1740 | War of the Austrian Succession-The Royal Navy captured the Spanish ship of the line Princesa and mustered her into British service. |
| 1740 | Wars of the Austrian Succession: The Royal Navy captured a Spanish ship off the line of Princesa outside Cap Finister and put it into British service. |
| 1766 | The wicker basket was patented on the first fire escape belt, winch and chain. |
| 1806 | Napoleon Bonaparte's daughter, Stephanie de Buehornas, married Prince Carl Ludwig Frederick, son. |
| 1813 | Colonel James Ball came to Fort Meigs with 200 dragons. |
| 1820 | A Greek peasant discovered a statue of a woman with its arms missing—the Venus de Milo—on the Aegean island of Milos. |
| 1831 | The famous social reformer Raja Ram Maehan Roy reached England. |
| 1831 | The famous social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England. |
| 1832 | Charles Darwin began the journey from Rio de Janeiro. |
| 1857 | Mangal Pandey, who fired the first shot at the British, was hanged during India's first freedom struggle. |
| 1864 | American Civil War-A decisive Confederate victory in the Battle of Mansfield stopped the advance of the Union Army's Red River Campaign. |
| 1866 | The states of Italy and Persia formed an alliance against the Austrian Empire. |
| 1879 | Selling of milk in glass bottles was first started. |
| 1886 | British Prime Minister William Gladstone introduced the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. |
| 1886 | William Evert Gladstone of the Commons introduced the first Irish self-government bill in the British House. |
| 1894 | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, the famous Bengali poet and author of Vande Mataram, died in Calcutta Now Kolkata. |
| 1904 | Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, was renamed Times Square after The New York Times building. |
| 1904 | British occultist and writer Aleister Crowley began transcribing The Book of the Law, a Holy Book in Thelema. |
| 1904 | Britain and France signed the Entente Cordial. |
| 1911 | Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity. |
| 1912 | Over 200 people drowned in the Nile after the ship collided with them. |
| 1929 | During the Indian independence movement, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt were arrested for bomb throwing at the Delhi Central Assembly. |
| 1944 | The tennis court battle began as the Battle of Kohima. |
| 1947 | American industrialist Henry Ford died at the age of 83. |
| 1950 | India and Pakistan sign Liaquat-Nehru treaty. |
| 1961 | 236 people killed when British ship Dara fell into Persian Gulf. |
| 1965 | Border war started between India and Pakistan, also known as the Second War of Kashmir. |
| 1968 | BOAC Flight 712 suffered an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow Airport, leading to deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Barbara Jane Harrison, who was later awardeda posthumous George Cross for her heroism during the accident. |
| 1973 | Artist Pablo Picasso died in his home in France. |
| 1978 | Regular radio broadcasts of Parliament proceedings were started in the British. |
| 1980 | Islander Potvin 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings and set NHL rec of 2 short handed playoff goals in 1 period. |
| 1988 | General Weng Shang Kun elected president of China. |
| 1990 | Aspects of Love was released at the broad KURST theatre in the New York City. It ran housefull For 377 days. |
| 1990 | Ban on political parties lifted after violent protests by Birendra of Nepal. |
| 1991 | I Hate Hamlet was released at the Walter Kern Theatre in the New York City. It ran housefull for 88 days. |
| 1991 | Bill Shoemaker was paralyzed in a terrible car accident. He was injured. |
| 1992 | 5 guys named Mac were released at Eugene O Neil Theatre in the New York City. It ran houseful for 445 days. |
| 1992 | American tennis player Arthur Ashe announced that he had contracted HIV from blood transfusions; he would spend the remainder of his life as an AIDS activist. |
| 1994 | Smoking was banned by the U.S. government in its military bases. It was also Bannedin the pentagon. |
| 1995 | BPAA U.S. open was held in the year 1995. It was won by Dane Husted. |
| 2005 | In Vatican City, the last farewell was given to Marhoom Pope. |
| 2006 | Lukashenko took the oath of Belarus for the third time. |
| 2008 | On board Soyuz TMA-12, Yi So-Yeon became the first Koreanperson, and second Asian woman, to go into space. |
| 2008 | The wind turbines at the Bahrain World Trade Center, the first building to incorporate turbines into its design, became operational. |
| 2010 | More than 100 people dead in the Krygyzstamirots leader Roza Notun Bayer a said that he would lead the temporary government for six month. |
| 2013 | Britain’s former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher death of A Heart stroke. He was 87 year old. |
| 2013 | Two Sunni Muslim Islamic extremist groups, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Al-Nusra Front, merged to become the Islamic State of Iraq And the Levant, also known as ISIS. |
| 2013 | British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away. |
| 2014 | Microsoft ended its support for its famous OS window OS. The system is released on 2001. |
| 2015 | Indian journalist and famous writer Jayakantan passed away. |
Famous Birthdays of April 08:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1943 | James Herbert / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1988 | Kim Myung-sung / Baseball Player / South Korea |
| 1984 | Taran Noah Smith / Actor / United States of America |
| 1912 | Alois Brunner / Army Officer / Germany |
| 1986 | Igor Akinfeev / Fooballer / Russia |
| 1926 | Henry N. Cobb / Academic / United States of America |
| 1988 | Nitya Menon / Actress / India |
| 1827 | Ramón Emeterio Betances / Journalist / Puerto Rico |
| 1921 | Franco Corelli / Actor / Italy |
| 1859 | Edmund Husserl / Philosopher / Germany |
| 1942 | Douglas Trumbull / Producer / United States of America |
| 1939 | Trina Schart Hyman / Author / United States of America |
| 1968 | Tracy Grammer / Writer / United States of America |
| 1987 | Jeremy Hellickson / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1944 | Deke Richards / Writer / United States of America |
| 1943 | Michael Bennett / Dancer / United States of America |
| 1966 | Mark Blundell / Racing Car Driver / United Kingdom |
| 1942 | Roger Chapman / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1888 | Dennis Chávez / Politician / United States of America |
| 1905 | Helen Joseph / Activist / United Kingdom |
| 1951 | Joan Sebastian / Actor / Mexico |
| 1952 | Ahmet Piriştina / Politician / Turkey |
| 1978 | Ana de la Reguera / Actress / Mexico |
| 1826 | Pancha Carrasco / Soldier / Costa Rica |
| 1978 | Bernt Haas / Footballer / Austria |
| 1971 | Darren Jessee / Writer / United States of America |
| 1905 | Erwin Keller / Ice Hockey Player / Germany |
| 1943 | Chris Orr / Painter / United Kingdom |
| 1949 | John Madden / Director / United Kingdom |
| 1905 | Joachim Büchner / Sprinter / Germany |
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