436 Historic Events for February 8
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| 1691 |
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Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79
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| 1693 |
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William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US
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| 1708 |
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Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
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| 1709 |
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Giuseppi Torelli, Italian composer, dies at 50
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| 1712 |
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L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, French general in America
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| 1725 |
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Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52
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| 1735 |
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1st opera in US "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC
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| 1740 |
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Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87
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| 1741 |
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Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer
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| 1743 |
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Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth
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| 1744 |
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French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon
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| 1749 |
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Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66
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| 1750 |
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Minor earthquake in London
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| 1764 |
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Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer
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| 1771 |
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Augusta von Saxen-Gotha, German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies
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| 1775 |
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Leidse U 400th anniversary dinner
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| 1776 |
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Wolfgang von Goethes' "Stella," premieres in Hamburg
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| 1789 |
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Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
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| 1795 |
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Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline)
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| 1795 |
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Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
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| 1797 |
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Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81
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| 1801 |
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Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer, dies at 43
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| 1802 |
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Simon Willard patents banjo clock
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| 1807 |
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Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman
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| 1807 |
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Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau
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