Famous Birthdays In February - 08
Monday, 08 August 2022
1191 Yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246) was born on February - 08.
1291 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57) was born on February - 08.
1487 Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550) was born on February - 08.
1552 Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630) was born on February - 08.
1577 On February - 08 birth of robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
1586 On this day in history birth of jacob Praetorius, composer
1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized) was born on February - 08.
1649 Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728) was born on this day in history.
1685 On February - 08 birth of charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (d. 1770)
1708 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer was born on this day in history.
1720 On this day in history birth of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)
1741 On February - 08 birth of andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer
1764 On this day in history birth of joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer
1789 On February - 08 birth of ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
1792 Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.
1795 On February - 08 birth of friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline)
1795 Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer was born on February - 08.
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 Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and naturalist (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.
1810 On February - 08 birth of norbert Burgmuller, composer
1811 Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883 was born on February - 08.
1813 On this day in history birth of jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist
1817 On this day in history birth of richard Stoddert Ewell, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1872
1818 Austin Blair, Gov/MC (Union), died in 1894 was born on this day in history.
1819 John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite) was born on this day in history.
1820 On February - 08 birth of william Tecumseh Sherman, Major General (Union Army), died in 1891
1822 On February - 08 birth of maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres)
1824 On February - 08 birth of barnard Elliot Bee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861
1828 On this day in history birth of antonio Cagnoni, composer
1828 Jules Verne, France, pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon) was born on February - 08.
1847 Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902) was born on February - 08.
1851 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, novelist was born on this day in history.
1852 On February - 08 birth of nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russ author (Tjoma Kartashov) [NS=2/20]