This page lists historical and other events on August 8th in Catalonia and the Catalan-speaking countries as well as a list of births and deaths of well-known Catalans.
Events
1235 – Guillem de Montgrí conquers the islands of Eivissa and Formentera in the name of the Crown of Aragon.
Births
1897 – Sabadell: Josep Garcia-Planas Cladellas, Catalan textile manufacturer.
1918 – Santoña, Cantàbria: Josep Lluís Ortega Monasterio, Catalan composer and military officer (died 2004).
1922 – Barcelona: José María Fonollosa, post-war poet.
1976 – Manresa: Salvador Racero Alberch, singer of the group Lax’n’Busto.
Deaths
2011 – Palma: Bartomeu Fiol i Móra, empresari i poeta mallorquí (born 1933).
1971 – Sabadell: Joan Sallarès i Castells, Catalan bookseller, writer and publisher.
2007 – Castelldefels, Baix Llobregat: Nicolau Casaus, businessman vicepresident of FC Barcelona between 1978 and 2003.