Editing March 8 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Roskilde]]: After a devastating defeat in the [[Northern Wars]] (1655–1661), [[Frederick III of Denmark|Frederick III]], the King of [[Denmark–Norway]] is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lockhart |first1=Paul Douglas |title=Sweden in the Seventeenth Century |date=13 February 2004 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-0-230-80255-1 |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNYcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 |language=en |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141949/https://books.google.com/books?id=nNYcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1702]] &ndash; [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]], the younger sister of [[Mary II of England|Mary II]], becomes [[Queen regnant]] of [[Kingdom of England|England]], [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]], and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Anne: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/anne.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217141409/https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/anne.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1722]] &ndash; The [[Safavid Empire]] of [[Iran]] is defeated by an army from [[History of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] at the [[Battle of Gulnabad]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Kaushik |title=Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships |date=22 May 2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-78093-800-4 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KyVnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |language=en |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141936/https://books.google.com/books?id=KyVnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Nader Shah]], founder of the [[Afsharid dynasty]], is crowned [[Shah of Iran]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Daniel |first1=Elton L. |title=The History of Iran |year=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-30731-7 |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzqbYf9Q_2UC&pg=PA95 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-14 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141937/https://books.google.com/books?id=AzqbYf9Q_2UC&pg=PA95 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; An anonymous writer, thought by some to be [[Thomas Paine]], publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the [[abolitionism in the United States|emancipation]] of slaves and the abolition of slavery.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=David A. |title=Paine and Cobbett: The Transatlantic Connection |year=1988 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |isbn=978-0-7735-1013-5 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQy1E17_Y3wC&pg=PA37 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-25 |archive-date=2022-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141945/https://books.google.com/books?id=FQy1E17_Y3wC&pg=PA37 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Gnadenhutten massacre]]: Ninety-six [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] in [[Gnadenhutten, Ohio]], who had converted to [[Christianity]], are killed by [[Pennsylvania]] militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gnadenhütten Massacre {{!}} United States history [1782] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Gnadenhutten-Massacre |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101040123/https://www.britannica.com/event/Gnadenhutten-Massacre |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[War of the Second Coalition]]: At the [[Battle of Abukir (1801)|Battle of Abukir]], a British force under Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ross |first1=Steven T. |title=The A to Z of the Wars of the French Revolution |date=7 June 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4616-7238-8 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yHFQUyoPuR8C&pg=PA12 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141944/https://books.google.com/books?id=yHFQUyoPuR8C&pg=PA12 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; King [[Oscar I of Sweden|Oscar I]] ascends to the thrones of [[Union between Sweden and Norway|Sweden and Norway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Oscar I {{!}} king of Sweden and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027152838/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-I |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1844   &ndash; The [[Althing]], the parliament of [[Iceland]], was reopened after 45 years of closure.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sigurðardóttir|first1=Heiða María|last2=Emilsson|first2=Páll Emil|title=Hvenær var Alþingi stofnað?|url=https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=5268|website=visindavefur.is|publisher=Vísindavefurinn|access-date=September 3, 2021|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830193855/https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=5268|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Sakai incident]]: Japanese [[samurai]] kill 11 French sailors in the port of [[Sakai, Osaka]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. VII |date=23 September 2010 |publisher=Global Oriental |isbn=978-90-04-21803-1 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1fV5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141950/https://books.google.com/books?id=1fV5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |url-status=live }}</ref>