[Today] October 08 Battle of Andernach etc

01) 451 – At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
02) 876 – Battle of Andernach: Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
03) 1200 – Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
04) 1573 – End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years' War.
05) 1806 – Napoleonic Wars: Forces of the British Empire lay siege to the port of Boulogne in France by using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve.
06) 1829 – Rail transport: Stephenson's The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
07) 1860 – Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
08) 1895 – Eulmi incident: Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by Japanese infiltrators inside Gyeongbok Palace.
09) 1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Sealords: United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
10) 1973 – Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir's armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
11) 1990 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
12) 2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.