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