Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 8
Appearance
April 8: Hanamatsuri in Japan
- 1742 - Messiah, an oratorio by George Frideric Handel (pictured), premiered in Dublin.
- 1767 - The Ayutthaya kingdom fell to Burmese invaders.
- 1904 - France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale.
- 1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan was renamed Times Square.
- 1953 - Jomo Kenyatta was convicted of being a Mau Mau leader.