There are a great deal of events that took place on 8 August. As I do not wish to copy and paste directly from a site, please visit this URL to see the listed events, births, deaths and holidays.
In 355, Claudius Silvanus declared himself to be Emperor of Rome. 1804, Francis II declares himself the first Emperor of Austria. 1897, Enid Blyton, English author was born. 1919, Andrew Carnegie,...