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November 8

November 8 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1278 and 2017. Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, decides to pass the throne to his crown prince Trần Khâm and take up the post of Retired Emperor.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on November 8?

November 8 is the 312th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1278 and 2017. Famous people born on November 8 include Masashi Kishimoto, Gordon Ramsay and José Manuel Pinto.

The shape of the day

November 8's record stretches 739 years, from 1278 to 2017. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Scorpio is the sign for November 8 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on November 8

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Game Calcium Chaos: Derailed
  • Game Slitterhead

2022

  • Game A Little to the Left

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1278

    Trần Thánh Tông

    Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, decides to pass the throne to his crown prince Trần Khâm and take up the post of Retired Emperor.

  2. 1520

    Monarchy of Sweden

    After being crowned king of Sweden, Christian II gave the order to execute nearly 100 people, mostly noblemen, despite promises of general amnesty.

  3. 1644

    Shunzhi Emperor

    The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.

  4. 1940

    Greco-Italian War

    Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.

  5. 1942

    World War II

    World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.

  6. 1957

    Pan Am Flight 7

    Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

  7. 1966

    Massachusetts

    Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.

  8. 1997

    Eritrea

    Eritrea adopts the nakfa as its official currency.

  9. 2013

    Typhoon Haiyan

    Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines; the storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused $2.86 billion (2013 USD; equivalent to $3.95 billion in 2025) in damage.

  10. 2017

    Louvre Abu Dhabi

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

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 8

Masashi Kishimoto

b. 1974

Japanese author and illustrator, created Naruto

Gordon Ramsay

b. 1966

British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality

José Manuel Pinto

b. 1975

Spanish footballer

Christophe Vincent

b. 1992

French footballer

Stéphane Audran

b. 1932

French actress

Teofilo Folengo

b. 1491

Italian monk and poet

Bram Stoker

b. 1847

Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula

Deaths

  • 1974Ivory Joe Hunter
  • 1953Ivan Bunin
  • 1890César Franck
  • 1887Doc Holliday
  • 1773Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
  • 1527Jerome Emser

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Four Crowned Martyrs
  • —Christian feast day: Godfrey of Amiens
  • —Christian feast day: Johann von Staupitz (Lutheran)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed John Duns Scotus
  • —Christian feast day: Saints and Martyrs of England (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast day: Tysilio
  • —Christian feast day: Willehad of Bremen

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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