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- 1558
- France seizes Calais and its surroundings from England.
- 1820
- The first of the Trucial States in present-day United Arab Emirates becomes a British protectorate.
- 1869
- Luhns factory starts its soap production in Wuppertal.
- 1986
- Canada Place in Vancouver, British Columbia opens to the public ahead of Expo 86.
- 2021
- A new public market opens in Carcar, Philippines.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on January 8, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on January 8 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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