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]
| | February 8th 1611 | | Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
| | February 8th 1650 | | John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
| | February 8th 1676 | | Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46
| | February 8th 1686 | | Fran‡ois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered
| | February 8th 1691 | | Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79
| | February 8th 1691 | | Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79
| | February 8th 1709 | | Giuseppi Torelli, Italian composer, dies at 50
| | February 8th 1725 | | Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52
| | February 8th 1740 | | Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87
| | February 8th 1749 | | Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66
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