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February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 326 days remain until the end of the year (327 in leap years ). Events[edit] Pre-1600[edit] 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. [1] 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. [2] [3]
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Up to 1900
1. 421 - Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 2. 1238 - Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. 3. 1347 - End of the Byzantine Empire's civil warof 1341 to 1347. 4. 1575 - The University of Leiden in the Netherlandsis founded. 5. 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scotsis executed. 6. 1601 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex fails in an attempt to take over England from Elizabeth I. 7. 1676 - Tsar Alexis of Russia dies. His son, Feodor III of Russia, becomes Tsar. 8. 1725 –...
1901 – 1950
1. 1904 - A surprise Japanese torpedo attack at Port Arthur, China, starts the Russo-Japanese War. 2. 1910 - The Boy Scouts of America is founded by William D. Boyce. 3. 1915 - D. W. Griffith's racist silent movie Birth of a Nation is first screened in Los Angeles, California. 4. 1922 - Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. 5. 1924 - The first state execution by gas chamber takes place in Nevada. 6. 1937 - The Massacre of Malaga during the Spanish Civil Warbegins. O...
1951 – 2000
1. 1952 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Queen after the death of her father, King George VI of the United Kingdom, two days earlier. 2. 1960 - Queen Elizabeth II issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants would carry the name Mountbatten-Windsor. 3. 1960 - The first eight brass star plaques are installed at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 4. 1962 - Charonne massacre: Nine Trade unionists are kille...
Up to 1800
1. 120 - Vettius Valens, Greek astrologer (d. 175) 2. 412 - Proclus, Greek philosopher (d. 485) 3. 1191 - Yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246) 4. 1291 – Afonso IV of Portugal (d. 1357) 5. 1405 - Constantine XI Palaiologus, last Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1453) 6. 1487 - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550) 7. 1586 - Jacob Praetorius, German composer (d. 1651) 8. 1612 – Samuel Butler, English poet (d. 1680) 9. 1649 - Gabriel Daniel, French historian (d. 1728) 10. 1677 - Jacques Cassini, F...
1801 – 1900
1. 1804 - Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (d. 1834) 2. 1807 - Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and naturalist (d. 1889) 3. 1818 - Austin Blair, Governor of Michigan (d. 1894) 4. 1819 – John Ruskin, English writer (d. 1900) 5. 1820 – William Tecumseh Sherman, American Union General (d. 1891) 6. 1822 - Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (d. 1894) 7. 1825 - Henry Walter Bates, English scientist (d. 1892) 8. 1828 – Jules Verne, French writer (d. 1905) 9. 1828 -...
1901 – 1950
1. 1902 – Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (d. 1966) 2. 1903 - Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress (d. 1977) 3. 1903 - Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (d. 1942) 4. 1906 - Chester Carlson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1968) 5. 1909 - Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of Rupert Murdoch (d. 2012) 6. 1911 – Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (d. 1979) 7. 1911 - Big Joe Turner, American singer (d. 1985) 8. 1913 - Betty Field, American actress (d. 1973) 9. 1914 - Bill Finger,...
Up to 1900
1. 1204 - Alexius IV Angelus, Eastern Roman Emperor (b. 1182) 2. 1250 - Robert I, Count of Artois (b. 1216) 3. 1265 - Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217) 4. 1296 - King Przemysl II of Poland (b. 1257) 5. 1572 - Cho Shik, Korean scholar, politician, educator and poet (b. 1501) 6. 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542) 7. 1640 - Murad IV, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1612) 8. 1676 - Alexis of Russia (b. 1629) 9. 1696 – Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666) 10. 1709 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer...
1901 – 2000
1. 1918 - Louis Renault, French jurist (b. 1843) 2. 1921 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (b. 1842) 3. 1932 - Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect (b. 1867) 4. 1935 - Max Liebermann, German painter (b. 1847) 5. 1936 – Charles Curtis, Vice President of the United States (b. 1860) 6. 1956 - Connie Mack, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1862) 7. 1957 – Walther Bothe, German physicist (b. 1891) 8. 1957 – John von Neumann, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1903) 9. 1960 - Gil...
From 2001
1. 2001 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian movie director and writer (b. 1920) 2. 2002 – Ong Teng Cheong Sing, President of Singapore (b. 1936) 3. 2005 - Keith Knudsen, American drummer and singer-songwriter (b. 1948) 4. 2006 - Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914) 5. 2007 – Anna Nicole Smith, American actress and model (b. 1967) 6. 2009 - Marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (b. 1982) 7. 2010 – John Murtha, American politician (b. 1932) 8. 2011 - Cesare Rubini, Italian water polo player, basket...
February. February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. It is the first of five months not to have 31 days (the other four being April, June, September, and November) and the only one to have fewer than 30 days.
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Cyclone Batsirai (satellite image shown) makes landfall in Madagascar, displacing at least 69,000 people and leaving at least 20 others dead.; Indian playback singer and composer Lata Mangeshkar dies at the age of 92.
February (Feb.) is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, coming between January and March. It has 28 days in common years, and 29 days in leap years. This was to make the calendar match to the rest of the world.
8 February 2025. ( 2025-02-08) Frequency. annual. Prešeren Day ( Slovene: Prešernov dan ), full name Prešeren Day, the Slovene Cultural Holiday ( Slovene: Prešernov dan, slovenski kulturni praznik ), is a public holiday celebrated in Slovenia on 8 February. [1] It is marking the anniversary of the death of the Slovene national poet France ...
