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On August 8, -685: Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi – but…

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Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi – but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu's brother and rival claimant, the newly inaugurated Duke Huan of Qi.

The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou, characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject to the Zhou exercised increasing political autonomy. The period's name derives from the Spring and Autumn Annals, a chronicle of the state of Lu between 722 and 481 BCE, which tradition associates with Confucius.

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Born on August 8

Alysa Liu 2005– American figure skater (born 2005)
Félix Auger-Aliassime 2000– Canadian tennis player (born 2000)
Xiaojun 1999– Chinese singer and actor
Ryan Garcia 1998– American boxer (born 1998)
Shawn Mendes 1998– Canadian singer (born 1998)
Karim Walid 1997– Egyptian footballer (born 1997)
Panipak Wongpattanakit 1997– Thai taekwondo practitioner (born 1997)
A'ja Wilson 1996– American basketball player (born 1996)
S.Coups 1995– South Korean rapper (born 1995)
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Cameron Payne 1994– American basketball player (born 1994)
Emilie Mehl 1993– Norwegian politician (born 1993)
Josip Drmić 1992– Swiss footballer (born 1992)
Casey Cott 1992– American actor (born 1992)
Yandy Díaz 1991– Cuban baseball player (born 1991)
Nélson Oliveira 1991– Portuguese footballer
Tyrone Peachey 1991– Australian rugby league footballer
Joël Matip 1991– Cameroon international footballer (born 1991)
Vladimír Darida 1990– Czech footballer

People

Died on August 8

Issa Hayatou Cameroonian basketball player and football executive (1946–2024)
Mitzi McCall American actress (1930–2024)
Chi-Chi Rodríguez Puerto Rican professional golfer (1935–2024)
Steve Symms American politician and lobbyist (1938–2024)
Rodriguez American musician (1942–2023)
Olivia Newton-John British–Australian singer (1948–2022)
Bill Davis 18th premier of Ontario (1929–2021)
Gabriel Ochoa Uribe Colombian footballer and manager (1929–2020)
Alfredo Lim Filipino politician (1929–2020)
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Nicholas Bett Kenyan hurdler (1990–2018)
Glen Campbell American musician (1936–2017)
Sean Price American rapper (1972–2015)
Gus Mortson Ice hockey player
Menahem Golan Israeli film director and producer (1929–2014)
Charles Keating English actor (1941–2014)
Leonardo Legaspi Filipino archbishop
Peter Sculthorpe Australian composer (1929–2014)
Red Wilson American baseball and football player (1929–2014)

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  1. -685 Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi – but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu's brother and rival claimant, the newly inaugurated Duke Huan of Qi.

    Period in Chinese history (c. 770 – c. 481 BCE)

    The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou, characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject to the Zhou exercised increasing political autonomy. The period's name derives from the Spring and Autumn Annals, a chronicle of the state of Lu between 722 and 481 BCE, which tradition associates with Confucius.

  2. 870 Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions.

    870 treaty partitioning Lotharingia

    The Treaty of Mersen or Meerssen, concluded on 8 August 870, was a treaty to partition the realm of Lothair II, known as Lotharingia, by his uncles Louis the German of East Francia and Charles the Bald of West Francia, the two surviving sons of Emperor Louis I the Pious. The treaty followed an earlier Treaty of Prüm which had split Middle Francia between Lothair I's sons after his death in 855.

  3. 1220 Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.

    Finnic ethnic group

    Estonians or Estonian people are a Finnic ethnic group native to the Baltic Sea region in Northern Europe, primarily Estonia.

  4. 1264 Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces took the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison.

    Revolt by Muslim communities in Castile

    The Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266 was a rebellion by the Muslim populations (Mudéjares) in the Lower Andalusia and Murcia regions of the Crown of Castile. The rebellion was in response to Castile's policy of relocating Muslim populations from these regions and was partially instigated by Muhammad I of Granada. The rebels were aided by the independent Emirate of Granada, while the Castilians were allied with Aragon.

  5. 1503 King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.

    King of Scotland from 1488 to 1513

    James IV was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchieburn, following a rebellion in which the younger James was the figurehead of the rebels. James IV is generally regarded as the most successful of the Stewart monarchs of Scotland.

  6. 1509 Krishnadeva Raya is crowned Emperor of Vijayanagara at Chittoor.
  7. 1576 The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
  8. 1585 John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
  9. 1588 Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
  10. 1647 The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
  11. 1648 Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman sultan.
  12. 1709 Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
  13. 1786 Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
  14. 1794 Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
  15. 1831 Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Wapakoneta.
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  1. 1844 The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
  2. 1863 American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
  3. 1863 Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves in Greeneville, Tennessee despite them being exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation, now commemorated as Emancipation Day in the state.
  4. 1870 The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
  5. 1876 Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
  6. 1897 Italian anarchist Michele Angiolillo assassinates Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
  7. 1903 Black Saturday occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia.
  8. 1908 Wilbur Wright makes the Wright Brothers' first public flight, at a racecourse at Le Mans, France.
  9. 1918 World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
  10. 1919 The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
  11. 1929 The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
  12. 1940 The "Aufbau Ost" directive for the mobilization of German forces for the invasion of the Soviet Union is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
  13. 1942 Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
  14. 1945 The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
  15. 1945 World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.

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