Famous Personalities Born In February - 08
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1191 On February - 08 birth of yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246)
1291 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57) was born on this day in history.
1487 On this day in history birth of ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)
1552 On February - 08 birth of agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)
1577 Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy) was born on February - 08.
1586 Jacob Praetorius, composer was born on February - 08.
1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized) was born on this day in history.
1649 On this day in history birth of gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)
1685 On this day in history birth of charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (d. 1770)
1708 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer was born on this day in history.
1720 On February - 08 birth of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)
1741 On February - 08 birth of andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer
1764 Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer was born on February - 08.
1789 On this day in history birth of ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
1792 Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873) was born on February - 08.
1795 Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline) was born on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history birth of moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
1804 On February - 08 birth of richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (d. 1834)
1807 On this day in history birth of franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman
1807 On this day in history birth of benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and naturalist (d. 1889)
1810 Norbert Burgmuller, composer was born on February - 08.
1811 Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.
1813 On February - 08 birth of jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist
1817 On February - 08 birth of richard Stoddert Ewell, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1872
1818 On February - 08 birth of austin Blair, Gov/MC (Union), died in 1894
1819 On February - 08 birth of john Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite)
1820 On February - 08 birth of william Tecumseh Sherman, Major General (Union Army), died in 1891
1822 On this day in history birth of maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres)
1824 Barnard Elliot Bee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 was born on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history birth of antonio Cagnoni, composer
1828 On February - 08 birth of jules Verne, France, pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon)
1847 Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902) was born on February - 08.
1851 On this day in history birth of kate O'Flaherty Chopin, novelist
1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russ author (Tjoma Kartashov) [NS=2/20] was born on February - 08.