Today in History – March 8, 2025

• 1010: Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh.
• 1126: Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.
• 1262: Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg.
• 1558: The city of Pori (Swedish: Björneborg) is founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia.
• 1658: Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655-1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden.
• 1702: Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
• 1722: The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad.
• 1736: Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
• 1775: 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 emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
• 1782: Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six 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.

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