November 8th, 1754

Born on November 8th, 1754

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What happened on November 8th?

November 8th, 2017

The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

November 8th, 2020

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Battle of Shusha, reclaiming the town after 28 years.

November 8th, 1987

A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 12 people and injuring 63 others.

November 8th, 1974

British peer Lord Lucan disappeared without a trace, a day after allegedly murdering Sandra Rivett, his children's nanny.

November 8th, 1971

English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album, which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.

November 8th, 1966

Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.

November 8th, 1965

Vietnam War: In the Battle of Gang Toi, one of the earliest battles between the two sides, Viet Cong forces repelled an Australian attack.

November 8th, 1957

En route from San Francisco to Honolulu, Pan Am Flight 7 crashed into the Pacific Ocean due to unknown causes, killing all 44 people on board.

November 8th, 1940

The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek units repulsed the Italians at the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.

November 8th, 1932

The Australian military withdrew from their "war against emus" in Western Australia, due to negative press coverage of the operation.

November 8th, 1644

The Shunzhi Emperor (portrait shown), the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.

November 8th, 1520

After his coronation as king of Sweden, Christian II (pictured) gave the order to execute nearly 100 people, mostly noblemen, despite promises of general amnesty.

November 8th, 1291

A law was passed that confined most of Venice's glassmaking industry to nearby Murano.

November 8th, 0960

Arab–Byzantine wars: Having been the target of many raids by the Emirate of Aleppo, Byzantine forces led by Leo Phokas the Younger ambushed the Hamdanids and annihilated their army.

November 8th, 2013

Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Visayas region of the Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people, making it the deadliest Philippine typhoon recorded in modern history.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 8th

Same year
Born in 1754

38

Louis XVI of France

King of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)

*August 23rd, 1754, Palace of Versailles †January 21st, 1793, place de la Concorde

85

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

French diplomat (1754-1838)

*February 2nd, 1754, Paris †May 17th, 1839, Paris

61

Friedrich I of Württemberg

Last Duke of Würtemberg, then briefly Elector of Württemberg, and was later elevated to the status of King of Württemberg, by Napoleon I (1754-1816)

*November 6th, 1754, Trzebiatów †October 30th, 1816, Stuttgart

39

Jacques Pierre Brissot

French revolutionary (1754–1793)

*January 15th, 1754, Chartres †October 31st, 1793, Paris

39

Manon Roland

French revolutionary

*March 17th, 1754, Paris †November 8th, 1793, Paris

64

Johann von Hiller

Austrian general

*October 13th, 1754, Brody †June 5th, 1819, Lviv

86

Louis de Bonald

French philosopher (1754-1840)

*October 2nd, 1754, Monna Castle †November 23rd, 1840, Monna Castle

81

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon

German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy (1761-1836)

*November 30th, 1754, Cape Colony †November 16th, 1836, Paris

69

Joseph Joubert

French moralist and essayist

*May 7th, 1754, Montignac-Lascaux †May 4th, 1824, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne

39

Georg Forster

German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)

*November 27th, 1754, Mokry Dwór, Pomeranian Voivodeship †January 10th, 1794, Paris

63

Juan Meléndez Valdés

Spanish poet

*March 11th, 1754, Ribera del Fresno †May 24th, 1817, Montpellier

83

Frédéric-César de La Harpe

Swiss political leader (1754-1838)

*April 6th, 1754, Rolle †March 30th, 1838, Lausanne

78

Seraphim of Sarov

Russian Saint and Wonderworker

*July 19th, 1754, Kursk †January 2nd, 1833, Sarov

63

William Bligh

Officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)

*September 9th, 1754, Plymouth †December 7th, 1817, London

53

Wilhelm of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken

Bavarian general

*January 1st, 1754, Zweibrücken †January 1st, 1807, Munich

39

Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny

French general

*November 2nd, 1754, Luçon †July 10th, 1794, Combrand

71

Nikolay Rumyantsev

Prime Minister of Russian Empire (1754-1826)

*April 3rd, 1754, Saint Petersburg †January 3rd, 1826, Saint Petersburg

74

Gabino Gaínza

Spanish general and politician; 1st President of the Federal Republic of Central America (1754-1829)

*October 20th, 1754, Pamplona †January 1st, 1829, Mexico

78

James Hillhouse

American lawyer, real estate developer and politician (1754-1832)

*October 20th, 1754, Montville †December 29th, 1832, New Haven

84

Isaac Tichenor

American politician (1754-1838)

*February 8th, 1754, Newark †December 11th, 1838, Bennington

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