January 8
From Mw
- 8th January 1916 (2nd Rabbi al-Awwal 1334) - World War I: Allied forces, defeated by Ottoman Caliphate's army, withdraw from Gallipoli.
- 8th January 1926 (23rd Jumada al-Thanni 1344) - Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz and renames it Saudi Arabia.
- 8th January 1739 (27th Ramadhan 1151) Ahmed Shah Bahadur on his invasion of Lahore reached the bank of the Ravi River
- 8th January 2007 (18th Dhul-Hijjah 1427) Somali officials said at least 27 people had been killed on Monday when American gunships attacked the soverign state of Somalia around Ras Kamboni.

