ante diem viii kalendas quinctilis

• under Servius — dedication of two temples to Fors Fortuna (and associated rites thereafter)
• 1 B.C. — birth of John the Baptist (traditional date)
• 79 A.D. — dies imperii of the emperor Titus
• 109 A.D. — the Aqua Traiana are officially dedicated
• 1741 — Birth of Alexander Adam (Classics educator)
• 1989 — death of Russell Meiggs (author of Roman Ostia, among others)