Historical Events In November - 08
Thursday, 07 May 2026
0392 Emperor Theodosius declares christian religion, state religion. 

0397 Martin of Tours, [St Martin], bishop of Tours, dies 

0618 St Deusdedit I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

0618 Deusdedit/Adeodatus I, Italian Pope (615-18), dies 

0911 The German king Louis the Child dies in early November at age 18, and the son of Conrad, count of Lahngau, is chosen German king November 8 at Forchheim Lorraine transfers her allegiance to France 

0911 Duke Koenraad I chosen German king 

0955 Pope Agapetus II. 

1195 Conrad of Hohenstaufen. 

1226 Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39 

1228 Dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies 

1308 Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42. 

1322 Pope John XXII names John van Diest, bishop of Utrecht. 

1333 In this year, The inaugural two-day autumn fair at Kendal, England starts today 

1494 Uprising against Piero de' Medici in Florence Italy. 

1494 Melozzo da Forli, Italian painter, dies at about 56. 

1517 Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, cardinal/Chancellor of Castilia, dies 

1519 Cortez enters Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital 

1519 1st meeting of Montezuma and Hernando Cortes in Mexico 

1520 Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people. 

1572 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia. 

1575 French Roman Catholics and Huguenots signs treaty. 

1576 Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent. 

1578 Johann Walter, composer, dies at 51. 

1590 Francesco Gonzaga, composer 

1590 Joost Jansz Bilhamer, master builder/cartographer, dies at about 49. 

1592 Domenico Mazzocchi, composer 

1595 Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist, dies at 69 

1598 Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem 

1602 The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public 

1620 Battle of White Mountain, Prague 

1622 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War) 

1627 English fleet under George Villiers leaves Rhe. 

1638 Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts 

1638 Johann H Alsted, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 50. 

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