May 8 in History

Louis IX is ransomed for 400,000 dinars after he pledged not to return to Egypt again and surrender Damietta to the Egyptians, he is allowed to leave alive on the Eighth to Acre with his brothers and 12,000 war prisoners

Shortly after the Battle of Fariskur, the Ayyubid Sultan Turanshah is assassinated at Fariskur and the Mamluks, the same victorious champions of Al Mansurah, become the new rulers of Egypt

The National Day of Damiette Governorate on May 8, marks the anniversary of the expelling of Louis IX from Egypt in 1250

Louis IX is ransomed for 400,000 dinars after he pledged not to return to Egypt again and surrender Damietta to the Egyptians, he is allowed to leave alive on the Eighth to Acre with his brothers and 12,000 war prisoners

Louis IX is ransomed for 400,000 dinars after he pledged not to return to Egypt again and surrender Damietta to the Egyptians, he is allowed to leave alive on the Eighth to Acre with his brothers and 12,000 war prisoners

The National Day of Damiette Governorate on May 8, marks the anniversary of the expelling of Louis IX from Egypt in 1250. Louis IX surrenders to a eunuch named al-Salihi after he was promised he would not be killed and together with his two brothers Charles dAnjou and Alphonse de Poitiers is taken to Al Mansurah where he is imprisoned in the House of Ibrahim

Shortly after the Battle of Fariskur, the Ayyubid Sultan Turanshah is assassinated at Fariskur and the Mamluks, the same victorious champions of Al Mansurah, become the new rulers of Egypt

Louis IX is ransomed for 400,000 dinars after he pledged not to return to Egypt again and surrender Damietta to the Egyptians, he is allowed to leave alive on the Eighth to Acre with his brothers and 12,000 war prisoners

Louis IX surrenders to a eunuch named al-Salihi after he was promised he would not be killed and together with his two brothers Charles dAnjou and Alphonse de Poitiers is taken to Al Mansurah where he is imprisoned in the House of Ibrahim

Cedes territory to the English in order to release his father John II

Accepts enlarged English lands in France in return for renunciation terms

Edward renounces his claim to the French throne. Edward gives up Normandy & ransoms King John for 3 million gold crowns. Edward gains sovereignty over Calais, Aquitaine & Ponthieu

Arranges the Anglo-French Treaty of Bretigny

Released by the Treaty of Bretigny & the payment of a 3 million crown ransom. John is released by Edward III for 3 million gold crowns. Edward drops the title King of France

Cedes territory to the English in order to release his father John II

The English order all their remaining troops out of their positions, & abandon the siege

The English order all their remaining troops out of their positions, & abandon the siege

Promises to pay James IV of Scots for equipping his navy

Act of Supremacy restores the crown's authority over the Church of England

Act of Uniformity restores a revised English prayer book

Restores the anti-papal laws of Henry VIII

Elizabeth takes the title Supreme Governor rather than Supreme Head of the Church

Captures Aberdeen for the Royalists

Captures Aberdeen for the Royalists

Manchester participates as the Lords decide the bill of attainder.

The Lords approve the bill of attainder against Strafford.

Essex supports parliamentary action against Strafford.

Warwick supports the Lords' approval of Strafford's attainder.

Charles Is Cavalry Leader accompanies his King on his way from Oxford

Newark is surrendered to the Scots

Cromwell rejects the Humble Petition

Cromwell formally refused the crown offered under the Humble Petition and Advice.

Cromwell rejects the offer of the Kingship

Cromwell rejects the offer of the Kingship

Announces he will not accept the title of King

Annesley supports the Convention Parliament as it proclaims Charles II lawful king.

The Convention proclaimed Charles II king, preparing the formal Restoration.

Parliament proclaims that Charles II has been lawful king since the execution of Charles I.

Proclaimed king in London by the Convention Parliament.

Monck's political settlement enables Parliament to proclaim Charles II king.

Charles II opens the Cavalier Parliament, beginning a long royalist-dominated session.

Charles II opens the Cavalier Parliament, which consolidates the restored monarchy.

The Cavalier Parliament assembles and begins consolidating the restored monarchy.

Clarendon guides royal policy as the Cavalier Parliament begins reshaping the Restoration settlement.

Clarendon supports the king's programme as the Cavalier Parliament begins its work.

Turnor serves as Speaker of the House of Commons in the Cavalier Parliament.

Opens the Cavalier Parliament, the first fully legal royalist Parliament after the Restoration.

Turnor is chosen Speaker of the House of Commons for the Cavalier Parliament.

The Cavalier Parliament assembles and helps consolidate the restored Stuart monarchy.

Turnor is appointed Speaker of the House of Commons in the Cavalier Parliament.

Presents La Princesse d'Elide during the Versailles festival.

Frederick attends thanksgiving ceremonies celebrating the new monarchy.

Assists Leake in relieving Barcelona.

Byng takes part in the naval relief of Barcelona during the 1706 campaign.

Leake's fleet relieves Barcelona and forces the Bourbon siege to collapse.

Relieves Barcelona and forces the Bourbon siege to fail.

Appointed Commander of the British forces in America

Appointed Commander of the British forces in America

Louis XVI's government imposed judicial reforms that reduced the powers of the parlements, deepening political resistance to royal authority.

William Herschel marries the widow Mary Pitt (nee Baldwin) at St Laurence's Church

Killed during the siege of Conde

Defeats Massena

Leaves France for the Russian campaign

Patriot representatives met at Cariaco and attempted to restore a federal republican government.

Assumes the presidency during the liberal constitutional period.

Offers William IV his resignation his refusal to create peers to pass the Reform Bill

Revenue Act introduces the first federal income tax in United States history

Lincoln signs the Revenue Act creating new federal revenue measures

Benedetti is told by Bismarck that Leopold had refused the Spanish throne

Appointed Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, 1st term

Is buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax after his body is recovered following the Titanic disaster.

Answers parliamentary questions concerning conditions affecting petty officers and seamen.

Answers parliamentary questions concerning submarine accidents and naval safety.

McCay leads the 2nd Australian Brigade in the final phase of the Second Battle of Krithia.

Malone leads the Wellington Battalion through intense fire during the New Zealand attack across the Daisy Patch.

Johnston commits New Zealand battalions to a costly daylight advance during the Second Battle of Krithia.

Hamilton halts the second Krithia offensive after heavy losses produce only a small advance.

Addresses parliamentary appeals for clemency toward prisoners detained after the Easter Rising.

Supports an inquiry into the causes of and responsibility for the Easter Rising.

Answers questions about the trials of participants in the Easter Rising.

A company linked with Anglo-Persian is incorporated to pursue former Russian oil interests in northern Persia.

Supports legislation recognizing Afrikaans as an official language.

The change replaces Dutch for official constitutional purposes.

Agrees a Presidential Cabinet of Hindenburgs choosing & dissolution of the Reichstag. Agrees a deal with the Nazis to lift the ban on the SA

Hara's Carrier Division Five loses operational strength after Shokaku is badly damaged by American dive bombers.

Directs the capture of Berlin

Broadcasts a victory message to the nation & commonwealth at 9.00 p.m

The Reims surrender requires German military operations to cease at 23:01 Central European Time.

The defeat of the Axis in Europe is publicly confirmed in France.

Victory in Europe Day publicly marks the end of the European war.

German military leaders formally acknowledge defeat in Zhukov's presence.

Makes the official announcement of victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 pm

Announces "Victory in Europe Day"

German military leaders sign documents of surrender in Zhukovs presence

Makes the announcement of Allied victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 p.m

The day that marks victory in Europe for the Allies in World War II, the defining events were the Germans unconditional surrender Eisenhower at Rheims, France, and to the Soviets in Berlin on May 7, President Truman announces victory at 9 AM

Attends the VE Day celebrations in her ATS uniform

Makes the official announcement of victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 pm

Broadcasts a victory message to the nation & commonwealth at 9.00 p.m

The day that marks victory in Europe for the Allies in World War II, the defining events were the Germans unconditional surrender Eisenhower at Rheims, France, and to the Soviets in Berlin on May 7, President Truman announces victory at 9 AM. Makes the announcement of Allied victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 PM

Crowds gather in Trafalgar Square at the end of war in Europe.

Returns as Minister of National Defence for a long 2nd term

Approves military and economic aid to French forces fighting in Indochina

Supports recognition and aid for the French-backed State of Vietnam

Receives Ngo Dinh Diem during his official US visit

Visits the United States and is presented as an anti-communist ally

JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression

Receives production credit on Let It Be, although Phil Spector reshapes the final released album.

Scores Arsenal's extra-time equaliser before Charlie George strikes the winning goal against Liverpool.

Captains Arsenal through the league and FA Cup Double-winning campaign.

2,000 pound mines are dropped in Haiphong harbour

Oversees Navy support for mining North Vietnamese harbors

1st day of Operation Linebacker I, bombing north Vietnam

Nixon orders the mining of Dong Hoi

Nixon orders the mining of Hai Phong

Announces the mining of North Vietnamese harbors

Orders the mining of major north Vietnamese ports

Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, is captured by Palestinians

The Kinks release Preservation Act 2.

Syria tells Israel it will not withdraw missiles in Lebanon

Reagan speaks to the European Parliament on 40th anniversary of V-E Day

Scores as Real Madrid beat Videoton 3-0 away in the first leg of the UEFA Cup final.

Scores Real Madrid's third goal in the 3-0 first-leg UEFA Cup final victory over Videoton.

Dodgy enter the UK singles chart with Lovebirds during the band's early recording career.

US authorities announce the arrest of an American citizen they accuse of planning to build and detonate a bomb containing radioactive material, Jose Padilla, is detained Chicago airport after arriving from Pakistan

Scores the only goal at Manchester United as Arsenal clinch the Premier League title.

Wins the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord after the club defeats Borussia Dortmund in the final in Rotterdam.

K. Kasturirangan oversees GSLV-D2, which places the experimental GSAT-2 spacecraft into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

al-Rifai participates in arab summit connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Due to constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive Presidential term, his successor, Dmitry Medvedev nominates Putin to be Russian Prime Minister

Putin was barred from a third term by the Constitution, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was elected his successor, in a power-switching operation on 8 May 2008, only a day after handing the presidency to Medvedev, Putin was appointed Prime Minister of Russia, maintaining his political dominance

The Act changes sentencing, criminal justice and immigration provisions.

Elected Prime Minister of Russia

Putin was barred from a third term by the Constitution, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was elected his successor, in a power-switching operation on 8 May 2008, only a day after handing the presidency to Medvedev, Putin was appointed Prime Minister of Russia, maintaining his political dominance

Putin was barred from a third term by the Constitution, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was elected his successor, in a power-switching operation on 8 May 2008, only a day after handing the presidency to Medvedev, Putin was appointed Prime Minister of Russia, maintaining his political dominance

Elected Prime Minister of Russia. Due to constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive Presidential term, his successor, Dmitry Medvedev nominates Putin to be Russian Prime Minister

The Second Topolanek Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czech Republic.

Sets out a One Nation approach after the Conservatives secure a parliamentary majority.

Forms a Conservative majority government after the election.

The 2005 Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material enters into force.

Burnham launches a homelessness fund and donates fifteen percent of his mayoral salary.

Burnham begins serving as the first elected Mayor of Greater Manchester.

Withdraws the U.S. from the Iran nuclear agreement.

Withdraws the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement.

Announces United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action concerning Iran's nuclear programme.

Completes a second-half hat-trick in stoppage time to send Tottenham into the final.

Starts for Ajax as the club narrowly misses the UEFA Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur.

Leads the African National Congress to victory in the general election.

Leads the African National Congress to victory in the general election.

General election outcome recorded for Cyril Ramaphosa: Leads the African National Congress to victory in the general election.

Government context for this general election: Leads the African National Congress to victory in the general election.

Announces U.S. diplomats will return to Kyiv.

Joins G7 leaders by video and urges continued defense support and sanctions against Russia.

Scores twice in the closing minutes to send Real Madrid past Bayern Munich into the final.

Supports measures against alleged Russian malign activity, including expulsion of an undeclared intelligence officer.

Starmer announces an economic agreement reducing selected trade barriers with the United States.

Leads commemorations marking eighty years since Victory in Europe Day.

Birth of Harry S Truman

Birth of Sid James, born Solomon Joel Cohen

Birth of Sonny Liston

Birth of John "Jack" Charlton

Birth of Bill Legend, William Arthur Fifield

Birth of Roddy Doyle

Death of Boniface IV

Death of Haakon V Magnusson

Death of Dirk Bogarde

Death of Dirk Bogarde

Hurry tries to surprise Montose but is trapped by MacDonald & defeated by Montrose

Defeats Massena

Androutsos delays Ottoman advance in a defensive stand at Gravia Inn

Arista is defeated by Taylor at the Battle of Palo Alto

Defeats Mexican forces

Taylor defeats Mexican forces at Palo Alto in the first major battle of the war

Inouye is forced to call off his planned capture of Port Moresby in the Solomons

The air-sea Battle of the Coral Sea comes out as an tactical victory but strategical defeat for Japan

Calls off the plan to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby

Japanese expansion in the Pacific is stopped off New Guinea

Japanese expansion is stopped at New Guinea

Takagi's carriers exchange major air strikes with American carriers in the first carrier battle fought beyond visual range.