WHAT HAPPENED ON 8. APRIL
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Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. (8. April 217)

King Charibert II is assassinated at Blaye (Gironde)—possibly on orders of his half-brother Dagobert I—along with his infant son Chilperic. He claims Aquitaine and Gascony, becoming the most powerful Merovingian king in the West. (8. April 632)

The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. (8. April 876)

The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin. (8. April 1093)

Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated. (8. April 1139)

Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum. (8. April 1149)

Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols begin their siege on Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin Dynasty. (8. April 1232)

In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers. (8. April 1271)

Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated. (8. April 1730)

War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate HMS Princess. (8. April 1740)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII. (8. April 1808)

The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos. (8. April 1820)

Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans. (8. April 1832)

American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield – Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana. (8. April 1864)

Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire. (8. April 1866)

William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons. (8. April 1886)

In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional. (8. April 1895)

The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale. (8. April 1904)

British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law. (8. April 1904)

Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times. (8. April 1904)