WHAT HAPPENED ON 8. MAY
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The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period of China. (8. May 453. BC)

Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, who are plundered by the Visigoths. (8. May 413)

Reccared I summons the Third Council of Toledo. (8. May 589)

Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI. (8. May 1450)

Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Río de Espíritu Santo. (8. May 1541)

The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts. (8. May 1788)

Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme Générale, is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day in Paris. (8. May 1794)

Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia Inn. (8. May 1821)

A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people. (8. May 1842)

Mexican–American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. (8. May 1846)

American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America. (8. May 1861)

At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens. (8. May 1877)

Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine. (8. May 1886)

The first games of the Italian football league system are played. (8. May 1898)

The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play. (8. May 1899)

The Australian Labour Party is established. (8. May 1901)

In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast. (8. May 1902)

Paramount Pictures is founded. (8. May 1912)

Edward George Honey first proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate The Armistice of World War I, which later results in the creation of Remembrance Day. In the United States it was called Armistice Day and is now Veterans Day. (8. May 1919)

The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania. (8. May 1924)