On June 8
On June 8, 2 pivotal events are recorded in the Human Saga, including Laki Fissure Eruption and the Mist Hardships Famine (1783).
On this day
Beginning on 8 June 1783, the Laki (Lakagígar) fissure system in southern Iceland, linked to the Grímsvötn volcano, erupted continuously for roughly eight months, disgorging some 14 cubic kilometres of basaltic lava along with vast clouds…
On 8 June 793 Scandinavian raiders attacked the wealthy monastery of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of Northumbria that was a preeminent centre of Christianity in early medieval England.
Also this week in history (Jun 5 – Jun 11)
On 6 June 1944, Allied forces under Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower launched Operation Overlord, the amphibious invasion of German-occupied France across five beaches in Normandy.
Signed on 7 June 1494 by the Crowns of Castile and Aragon and the Kingdom of Portugal, the Treaty of Tordesillas drew an imaginary meridian from pole to pole 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands.
On 6 June 1674 Shivaji Bhonsle was crowned Chhatrapati (sovereign) at Raigad fort, formally establishing the Maratha state in western India.
The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna, signed on 9 June 1815, concluded the post-Napoleonic settlement that redrew the map of Europe.
Between 5 and 10 June 1967 Israel fought and decisively defeated the combined forces of Egypt, Syria and Jordan in the Six-Day War.