8 December on the map of history
9 events the records the map draws date to 8 December, from 1914 to 1949. Each one opens the map on that very day.
- 1914
The Falkland Islands — the German East Asia Squadron is destroyed five weeks after Coronel
War record · World War I
Open the map on this day → - 1915
The Chantilly conference — the Allies agree to attack together on every front in 1916
War record · World War I · 1915-12-08 – 1915-12-12
Open the map on this day → - 1941
The Malayan campaign opens at Kota Bharu, an hour before Pearl Harbor
War record · World War II · 1941-12-08 – 1942-01-31
Open the map on this day → - 1941
The battle of Hong Kong — the garrison surrenders on Christmas Day
War record · World War II · 1941-12-08 – 1941-12-25
Open the map on this day → - 1941
Wake Island holds out for fifteen days and beats off the first landing
War record · World War II · 1941-12-08 – 1941-12-23
Open the map on this day → - 1941
Thailand is invaded and signs an alliance the same week
War record · World War II · 1941-12-08 – 1941-12-25
Open the map on this day → - 1941
The United States declares war on Japan, with one vote against
War record · World War II
Open the map on this day → - 1941
Chełmno — the first camp to kill with gas, in vans; at least 152,000 people die there
War record · World War II · 1941-12-08 – 1945-01-18
Open the map on this day → - 1949
The map begins drawing Taiwan (China); new borders for China
Border record (CShapes 2.0)
Open the map on this day →
What this page states
A border event is what the border record states about its own outlines, under the names IntMap’s map writes on that day: «the map begins drawing», «stops drawing», «new borders for». It is computed by the map’s own code, comparing the day with the day before.
A name the record does not date is not listed: the map’s table of era names is written in years, so a renaming that falls on another country’s border day is left out.
OpenHistoricalMap, which the map draws from 1689 to 1885, is not included: its dates carry no precision, and most of its first-of-the-month dates are months or years written as days.
The war record covers only the wars IntMap documents day by day (World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Arab–Israeli Wars, Yugoslav Wars).
Sources
CShapes 2.0 (Schvitz et al. 2022, icr.ethz.ch/data/cshapes) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Territory and dates: the documented record, compiled in scripts/wars/. Country outlines: CShapes 2.0 (Schvitz et al. 2022, icr.ethz.ch/data/cshapes).