Historical Events In February - 08
Friday, 24 January 2025
0412 On February - 08 st Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
0421 On this day in history flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman empire
0421 On this day in history flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp
1124 Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies on this day in history.
1245 On this day in history johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies
1291 On this day in history afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)
1303 Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies on this day in history.
1513 Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curacao & Bonaire), dies on this day in history.
1526 On this day in history heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
1575 On February - 08 university of Leiden Netherlands opens
1575 On this day in history university Leiden founded, and given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis"
1577 Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy) on February - 08.
1586 Jacob Praetorius, composer on February - 08.
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots looses her head on February - 08.
1587 On February - 08 mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [NS=Feb 18]
1599 On February - 08 robert Rollock, Scottish educator
1600 On February - 08 vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
1601 On February - 08 earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London
1604 On this day in history pierre de Gua de Monts c1558-1628 forms de Monts Trading Company with Champlain and Gravé du Pont; Canada's first chartered company
1611 On this day in history jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
1612 On February - 08 samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)
1622 King James I disbands the English parliament on this day in history.
1631 On this day in history charles I grants Cape Breton Island to Robert Gordon of Lochinvar and son Robert
1631 King Louis XIII 1601-1643 names Charles de La Tour Governor and Lieutenant-General of New France and Acadia on February - 08.
1650 On February - 08 john Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
1672 Isaac Newton reads first optics paper before Royal Society in London on February - 08.
1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London on this day in history.
1676 Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46 on February - 08.
1686 Francois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered on February - 08.
1690 On this day in history french &Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire
1690 Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal on February - 08.
1690 Louis de Buade et de Palluau, Comte de Frontenac 1622-1698 organizes attack by Mohawk natives and French troops against Schenectady; 60 people killed, 30 captured on this day in history.
1690 French & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire on this day in history.
1691 Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
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