| February 8th 0421 | | Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp
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| February 8th 1526 | | Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
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| February 8th 1575 | | University of Leiden Neth opens
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| February 8th 1600 | | Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
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| February 8th 1601 | | Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London
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| February 8th 1622 | | King James I disbands the English parliament
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| February 8th 1672 | | Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
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| February 8th 1690 | | French & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire
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| February 8th 1690 | | Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
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| February 8th 1693 | | William & Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US
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| February 8th 1735 | | 1st opera in US "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC
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| February 8th 1743 | | Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth
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| February 8th 1744 | | French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon
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| February 8th 1750 | | Minor earthquake in London
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| February 8th 1775 | | Leidse U 400th anniversary dinner
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