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This is a list of selected October 8 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Navy Day in Peru (1821); unreferenced section
Independence Day in Croatia (1991) it looks like it's been moved to 25 June and article has been amended thus
1076Demetrius Zvonimir, the last native king who exerted any real power over the entire Croatian state, was crowned. ambiguous date
1200Isabella of Angoulême was crowned queen consort of England at the age of twelve, after having married King John two weeks earlier. close, but not quite (several uncited paragraphs that don't have CN tags yet)
1600San Marino, the world's oldest constitutional republic, adopted its written constitution. refimprove
1821 – The Peruvian Navy was established by the government of José de San Martín. unreferenced section
1862 – The Battle of Perryville, a battle of the American Civil War with a high casualty count, was fought west of Perryville, Kentucky. Uncited paragraphs
1856 – Officials of the Chinese Qing Dynasty arrested and imprisoned twelve people aboard the Hong Kong-registered ship Arrow for suspected piracy and smuggling, sparking the Second Opium War. many {{cn}} tags (24)
1879 – The Chilean Navy defeated the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, a decisive encounter during the War of the Pacific. refimprove
1895Myeongseong, the only empress of Korea, was assassinated. multiple issues
1904 – The Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta (Downtown Edmonton pictured), was incorporated. lots of cn
1985 – The musical Les Misérables, based on the novel by Victor Hugo, opened in London's Barbican Centre, starting its run as the longest-running West End musical in history. refimprove section
2001 – In response to the September 11 attacks, U.S. president George W. Bush announced the creation of the Office of Homeland Security, with former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge as its director. unreferenced sections
2005A major earthquake centered in Kashmir killed over 74,500 people and injured at least 106,000 others in Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan. unreferenced section
Felipe Camiroaga |b|1966 unreferenced section
William John Swainson |b|1789| unreferenced section
Pilgrim I |d|923| Uncited death date
Mary Beale |bur|1699| Burial date uncited (as the death date is known, it's unclear why buried is being featured). Other citation needed tags
Kikunae Ikeda |b|1864| Birthday not cited

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October 8

Lithograph depicting the Great Chicago Fire
Lithograph depicting the Great Chicago Fire
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