This day in History - February 8

436 Historic Events for February 8
412 Birth St Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
421 Event Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp
1124 Death Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies
1245 Death Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies
1291 Birth Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)
1303 Death Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
1513 Death Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Cura‡ao and Bonaire), dies
1526 Event Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
1552 Birth Th‚odore-Agrippa d'Aubign‚, French/Swiss historian/poet (Tragiques)
1575 Event University of Leiden Neth opens
1577 Birth Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
1586 Birth Jacob Praetorius, composer
1587 Death Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [NS=Feb 18]
1600 Event Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
1601 Event Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London
1611 Death Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
1612 Birth Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)
1622 Event King James I disbands the English parliament
1650 Death John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
1672 Event Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
1676 Death Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46
1686 Death Fran‡ois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered
1690 Event French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire
1690 Event Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
1691 Death Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79