On February 8, history records 50 notable events, 155 famous births and 95 deaths, spanning the years 421 to 1807.
Events on this day include: Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. (421); The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. (1238).
Notable people born on February 8 include Vettius Valens (120), Proclus (412), Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (882).
Notable figures who died on this day include Severus of Antioch (538), Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (1135), Alexios IV Angelos (1204).
Events on 8 February 50
See all →The Byzantine civil war of 1341-47 ends with a power-sharing agreement between John VI Kantakouzenos and John V Palaiologos.
Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I and the revolt is quickly crushed.
The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
After two days of bitter fighting, the Russians under Bennigsen and the Prussians under L'Estocq concede the Battle of Eylau to Napoleon.
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Birthdays on 8 February 155
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Deaths on 8 February 95
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