Historical Events In February - 08
Tuesday, 30 December 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 Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp on February - 08. 

1124 On February - 08 stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies 

1245 On February - 08 johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies 

1291 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57) on this day in history. 

1303 Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies on this day in history. 

1513 On February - 08 alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curacao & Bonaire), dies 

1526 On this day in history heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die 

1575 On this day in history university of Leiden Netherlands opens 

1575 On February - 08 university Leiden founded, and given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis" 

1577 Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy) on this day in history. 

1586 Jacob Praetorius, composer on February - 08. 

1587 On February - 08 mary, Queen of Scots looses her head 

1587 On February - 08 mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [NS=Feb 18] 

1599 On this day in history robert Rollock, Scottish educator 

1600 Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death on this day in history. 

1601 Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London on February - 08. 

1604 On February - 08 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 February - 08 jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies 

1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized) on February - 08. 

1622 King James I disbands the English parliament on February - 08. 

1631 On February - 08 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 this day in history 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 On February - 08 aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46 

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 On February - 08 french & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire 

1691 Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79 on February - 08. 

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