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436 Events for 'February 8' in the Database.

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02/08/0412 St Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
Type: Birth
02/08/0421 Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp
Type: Event
02/08/1124 Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies
Type: Death
02/08/1245 Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies
Type: Death
02/08/1291 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)
Type: Birth
02/08/1303 Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
Type: Death
02/08/1513 Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Cura‡ao and Bonaire), dies
Type: Death
02/08/1526 Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
Type: Event
02/08/1552 Th‚odore-Agrippa d'Aubign‚, French/Swiss historian/poet (Tragiques)
Type: Birth
02/08/1575 University of Leiden Neth opens
Type: Event
02/08/1577 Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
Type: Birth
02/08/1586 Jacob Praetorius, composer
Type: Birth
02/08/1587 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [NS=Feb 18]
Type: Death
02/08/1600 Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
Type: Event
02/08/1601 Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London
Type: Event
02/08/1611 Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
Type: Death
02/08/1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)
Type: Birth
02/08/1622 King James I disbands the English parliament
Type: Event
02/08/1650 John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
Type: Death
02/08/1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
Type: Event
02/08/1676 Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46
Type: Death
02/08/1686 Fran‡ois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered
Type: Death
02/08/1690 French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire
Type: Event
02/08/1690 Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
Type: Event
02/08/1691 Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79
Type: Death
02/08/1691 Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79
Type: Death
02/08/1693 William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US
Type: Event
02/08/1708 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
Type: Birth
02/08/1709 Giuseppi Torelli, Italian composer, dies at 50
Type: Death
02/08/1712 L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, French general in America
Type: Birth
02/08/1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52
Type: Death
02/08/1735 1st opera in US "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC
Type: Event
02/08/1740 Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87
Type: Death
02/08/1741 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer
Type: Birth
02/08/1743 Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth
Type: Event
02/08/1744 French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon
Type: Event
02/08/1749 Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66
Type: Death
02/08/1750 Minor earthquake in London
Type: Event
02/08/1764 Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer
Type: Birth
02/08/1771 Augusta von Saxen-Gotha, German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies
Type: Death
02/08/1775 Leidse U 400th anniversary dinner
Type: Event
02/08/1776 Wolfgang von Goethes' "Stella," premieres in Hamburg
Type: Event
02/08/1789 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
Type: Birth
02/08/1795 Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline)
Type: Birth
02/08/1795 Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
Type: Birth
02/08/1797 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81
Type: Death
02/08/1801 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer, dies at 43
Type: Death
02/08/1802 Simon Willard patents banjo clock
Type: Event
02/08/1807 Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau
Type: Event
02/08/1807 Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman
Type: Birth

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