In Events:
| February 8th 0421 | | Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp
| | February 8th 1526 | | Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
| | February 8th 1575 | | University of Leiden Neth opens
| | February 8th 1600 | | Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
| | February 8th 1601 | | Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London
| | February 8th 1622 | | King James I disbands the English parliament
| | February 8th 1672 | | Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
| | February 8th 1690 | | French & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire
| | February 8th 1690 | | Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
| | February 8th 1693 | | William & Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US
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In Births:
| February 8th 0412 | | St Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
| | February 8th 1291 | | Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)
| | February 8th 1552 | | Th‚odore-Agrippa d'Aubign‚, French/Swiss historian/poet (Tragiques)
| | February 8th 1577 | | Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
| | February 8th 1586 | | Jacob Praetorius, composer
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In Deaths:
| February 8th 1124 | | Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies
| | February 8th 1245 | | Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies
| | February 8th 1303 | | Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
| | February 8th 1513 | | Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Cura‡ao & Bonaire), dies
| | February 8th 1587 | | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [NS=Feb 18]
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