| February 8th 0412 | | St Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
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| February 8th 1291 | | Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)
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| February 8th 1552 | | Th‚odore-Agrippa d'Aubign‚, French/Swiss historian/poet (Tragiques)
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| February 8th 1577 | | Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
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| February 8th 1586 | | Jacob Praetorius, composer
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| February 8th 1612 | | Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)
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| February 8th 1708 | | Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
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| February 8th 1712 | | L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, French general in America
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| February 8th 1741 | | Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer
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| February 8th 1764 | | Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer
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| February 8th 1789 | | Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
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| February 8th 1795 | | Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
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| February 8th 1795 | | Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline)
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| February 8th 1807 | | Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman
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| February 8th 1810 | | Norbert Burgmuller, composer
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