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| February 8th, 2008 (February 08 2008) | Event | Nebraska bans electric chair as sole execution method. | |
| February 8th, 2008 (February 08 2008) | Death | Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (born in 1947) | |
| February 8th, 2007 (February 08 2007) | Death | Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and entertainer (born in 1967) | Anna Nicole Smith Quotes |
| February 8th, 2007 (February 08 2007) | Death | Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American professor and reincarnation expert (born in 1918) | |
| February 8th, 2006 (February 08 2006) | Death | Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (born in 1945) | |
| February 8th, 2006 (February 08 2006) | Death | Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (born in 1914) | |
| February 8th, 2005 (February 08 2005) | Event | Israel and Palestinians agree to cease-fire. | |
| February 8th, 2005 (February 08 2005) | Death | Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (born in 1925) | |
| February 8th, 2005 (February 08 2005) | Death | Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (born in 1948) | |
| February 8th, 2004 (February 08 2004) | Death | Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (born in 1915) | |
| February 8th, 2002 (February 08 2002) | Death | Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (born in 1930) | |
| February 8th, 2002 (February 08 2002) | Death | Ong Teng Cheong, President of Singapore (born in 1936) | |
| February 8th, 2001 (February 08 2001) | Death | Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (born in 1920) | |
| February 8th, 2000 (February 08 2000) | Death | Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1918) | |
| February 8th, 2000 (February 08 2000) | Death | Bob Collins, American radio broadcaster (b.1942) | |
| February 8th, 2000 (February 08 2000) | Death | Derrick Thomas, American football player (born in 1967) | |
| February 8th, 1999 (February 08 1999) | Death | Iris Murdoch, Irish author (born in 1919) | |
| February 8th, 1998 (February 08 1998) | Event | First female ice hockey game in Olympic history: Finland beats Sweden 6-0. | |
| February 8th, 1998 (February 08 1998) | Death | Halldor Laxness, Icelandic author, Nobel laureate (born in 1902) | |
| February 8th, 1998 (February 08 1998) | Death | Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (born in 1932) | Julian Quotes |
| February 8th, 1998 (February 08 1998) | Death | Enoch Powell, British Conservative MP and shadow cabinet member (b.1912) | |
| February 8th, 1996 (February 08 1996) | Event | The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act. | |
| February 8th, 1996 (February 08 1996) | Event | The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place. | |
| February 8th, 1996 (February 08 1996) | Death | Del Ennis, American baseball player (born in 1925) | |
| February 8th, 1995 (February 08 1995) | Birth | Jordan Todosey, Canadian actress | |
| February 8th, 1994 (February 08 1994) | Death | Raymond Scott, American composer (born in 1908) | |
| February 8th, 1993 (February 08 1993) | Event | General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day. | |
| February 8th, 1993 (February 08 1993) | Death | N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader | |
| February 8th, 1992 (February 08 1992) | Death | Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist (born in 1924) | |
| February 8th, 1990 (February 08 1990) | Death | Del Shannon, American entertainer (suicide) (born in 1934) | |
| February 8th, 1989 (February 08 1989) | Event | An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain in Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal, killing 144. | |
| February 8th, 1989 (February 08 1989) | Birth | Danielle Harmer, English actress | |
| February 8th, 1988 (February 08 1988) | Birth | Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer | |
| February 8th, 1987 (February 08 1987) | Birth | Carolina Kostner, Italian European champion figure skater | |
| February 8th, 1987 (February 08 1987) | Death | Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (born in 1905) | |
| February 8th, 1986 (February 08 1986) | Event | 1984 Summer Olympics head of the LAPD bomb squad, Arleigh McCree, and his partner Officer Ronald Ball of the Firearms and explosives unit were killed while trying to dismantle two pipe bombs when they responded to a call. McCree was recognized as one of the top explosive experts in the world. | |
| February 8th, 1985 (February 08 1985) | Death | William Lyons, British automobile manufacturer (born in 1901) | |
| February 8th, 1984 (February 08 1984) | Birth | Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player | |
| February 8th, 1984 (February 08 1984) | Death | Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (born in 1903) | |
| February 8th, 1983 (February 08 1983) | Event | The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia s second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, the 320m deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night. | |
| February 8th, 1983 (February 08 1983) | Birth | Jim Verraros, American singer | |
| February 8th, 1982 (February 08 1982) | Birth | Eric Alexander, American football player | |
| February 8th, 1982 (February 08 1982) | Birth | Satomi Korogi, Japanese voice actress | |
| February 8th, 1982 (February 08 1982) | Birth | Sousuke Takaoka, Japanese actor | |
| February 8th, 1982 (February 08 1982) | Birth | Danny Tamberelli, American actor | |
| February 8th, 1982 (February 08 1982) | Death | John Hay Whitney, American financier (born in 1904) | |
| February 8th, 1981 (February 08 1981) | Birth | Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer | |
| February 8th, 1980 (February 08 1980) | Birth | Ralf Little, English actor/comedian | |
| February 8th, 1980 (February 08 1980) | Birth | Cameron Muncey, Australian guitarist (Jet) | |
| February 8th, 1980 (February 08 1980) | Birth | Stephen Wright, English footballer | |
| February 8th, 1980 (February 08 1980) | Death | Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (born in 1936) | |
| February 8th, 1979 (February 08 1979) | Event | Denis Sassou-Nguesso became the President of the Republic of the Congo for the first time. | |
| February 8th, 1979 (February 08 1979) | Birth | Aaron Cook, American baseball player | |
| February 8th, 1979 (February 08 1979) | Birth | Josh Keaton, American actor and singer | |
| February 8th, 1978 (February 08 1978) | Event | Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time. | |
| February 8th, 1977 (February 08 1977) | Birth | Dave Farrell, American musician (Linkin Park) | |
| February 8th, 1977 (February 08 1977) | Birth | Barry Hall, Australian rules footballer | |
| February 8th, 1977 (February 08 1977) | Birth | Bridgette Kerkove, American actress | |
| February 8th, 1977 (February 08 1977) | Birth | Yucef Merhi, Venezuelan artist | |
| February 8th, 1977 (February 08 1977) | Birth | Mathieu Turcotte, Canadian short-track speed skater | |
| February 8th, 1977 (February 08 1977) | Death | Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (born in 1901) | |
| February 8th, 1976 (February 08 1976) | Birth | Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer | |
| February 8th, 1976 (February 08 1976) | Birth | Adam Piatt, American baseball player | |
| February 8th, 1975 (February 08 1975) | Death | Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1886) | |
| February 8th, 1974 (February 08 1974) | Event | After 84 days in space, the crew of the first American space station Skylab return to Earth. | |
| February 8th, 1974 (February 08 1974) | Event | Military coup in Upper Volta. | |
| February 8th, 1974 (February 08 1974) | Birth | Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French disc jockey (Daft Punk) | |
| February 8th, 1974 (February 08 1974) | Birth | Ulises de la Cruz, Ecuadorian footballer | |
| February 8th, 1974 (February 08 1974) | Birth | Seth Green, American actor | |
| February 8th, 1974 (February 08 1974) | Birth | Kimbo Slice, American mixed martial artist | Martial Quotes |
| February 8th, 1973 (February 08 1973) | Birth | Keith McDonald, American baseball player | |
| February 8th, 1972 (February 08 1972) | Birth | Paul Wight, American professional wrestler | |
| February 8th, 1972 (February 08 1972) | Death | Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (born in 1905) | |
| February 8th, 1971 (February 08 1971) | Event | The Nasdaq stock market index debuts. | |
| February 8th, 1971 (February 08 1971) | Birth | Mika Karppinen, Finnish drummer (HIM) | |
| February 8th, 1971 (February 08 1971) | Birth | Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier | |
| February 8th, 1970 (February 08 1970) | Birth | John Filan, Australian footballer | |
| February 8th, 1970 (February 08 1970) | Birth | Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player | |
| February 8th, 1969 (February 08 1969) | Event | Allende meteorite falls near Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico. | |
| February 8th, 1969 (February 08 1969) | Birth | Mary McCormack, American actress | |
| February 8th, 1969 (February 08 1969) | Birth | Shiva Rose, American actress | |
| February 8th, 1968 (February 08 1968) | Event | American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre, a mass killing in Orangeburg, South Carolina of black students from South Carolina State University who were protesting segregation at the town s only bowling alley. | |
| February 8th, 1968 (February 08 1968) | Birth | Gary Coleman, American actor | |
| February 8th, 1968 (February 08 1968) | Birth | Claudette Pace, Maltese singer | |
| February 8th, 1966 (February 08 1966) | Birth | Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 8th, 1966 (February 08 1966) | Birth | Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer | |
| February 8th, 1964 (February 08 1964) | Birth | Trinny Woodall, British fashion guru | Trinny Woodall Quotes |
| February 8th, 1964 (February 08 1964) | Death | Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (born in 1888) | |
| February 8th, 1963 (February 08 1963) | Event | Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| February 8th, 1963 (February 08 1963) | Birth | Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian cricketer | |
| February 8th, 1963 (February 08 1963) | Birth | Joshua Kadison, American pianist and songwriter | |
| February 8th, 1963 (February 08 1963) | Death | George Dolenz, American actor, father of Micky Dolenz (born in 1908) | |
| February 8th, 1962 (February 08 1962) | Event | Charonne massacre. 9 trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police. | |
| February 8th, 1961 (February 08 1961) | Birth | Vince Neil, American singer (Motley Crue) | |
| February 8th, 1961 (February 08 1961) | Birth | Bruce Timm,TV Producer (DC Animated Universe) | |
| February 8th, 1960 (February 08 1960) | Event | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor". | |
| February 8th, 1960 (February 08 1960) | Birth | Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 8th, 1960 (February 08 1960) | Death | Giles Gilbert Scott, British architect (born in 1880) | |
| February 8th, 1960 (February 08 1960) | Death | John Langshaw Austin, British philosopher, (born in 1911) | Philo Quotes |
| February 8th, 1957 (February 08 1957) | Death | Walther Bothe, German physicist and inventor, Nobel laureate (born in 1891) | |
| February 8th, 1957 (February 08 1957) | Death | John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician and physicist (born in 1903) | |
| February 8th, 1956 (February 08 1956) | Birth | Dave Meros, American bassist (Spock s Beard) | |
| February 8th, 1956 (February 08 1956) | Death | Connie Mack, American baseball manager and executive (born in 1862) | |
| February 8th, 1955 (February 08 1955) | Event | The Government of Sindh abolished Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km?) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants. | |
| February 8th, 1955 (February 08 1955) | Birth | John Grisham, American writer | |
| February 8th, 1955 (February 08 1955) | Birth | Nancy Oliver, American playwright and television writer | |
| February 8th, 1953 (February 08 1953) | Birth | Roger Clavet, Quebecois politician | |
| February 8th, 1953 (February 08 1953) | Birth | Mary Steenburgen, American actress | |
| February 8th, 1952 (February 08 1952) | Event | Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the UK. | |
| February 8th, 1951 (February 08 1951) | Birth | Z EV, American text/sound artist (born Stefan Weisser) | |
| February 8th, 1950 (February 08 1950) | Birth | Cristina Ferrare, American former supermodel and actress | |
| February 8th, 1949 (February 08 1949) | Event | Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary sentenced for treason. | |
| February 8th, 1949 (February 08 1949) | Birth | Brooke Adams, American actress | |
| February 8th, 1948 (February 08 1948) | Birth | Lynda Lyon Block, American convicted murderer (died in 2002) | |
| February 8th, 1948 (February 08 1948) | Birth | Dan Seals, American singer | |
| February 8th, 1948 (February 08 1948) | Birth | Ron Tyson, American singer (The Temptations) | |
| February 8th, 1944 (February 08 1944) | Birth | Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor | |
| February 8th, 1944 (February 08 1944) | Birth | Sebastiao Salgado, Brazilian documentary photographer | |
| February 8th, 1943 (February 08 1943) | Event | World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal ends after the Japanese Imperial Army evacuated their remaining forces with a United States victory. | |
| February 8th, 1943 (February 08 1943) | Birth | Creed Bratton, American actor and musician | |
| February 8th, 1943 (February 08 1943) | Birth | Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and VC of Karachi University | |
| February 8th, 1942 (February 08 1942) | Birth | Robert Klein, American comedian | |
| February 8th, 1942 (February 08 1942) | Birth | Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (died in 2004) | |
| February 8th, 1941 (February 08 1941) | Birth | Nick Nolte, American actor | |
| February 8th, 1941 (February 08 1941) | Birth | Tom Rush, American singer and songwriter | |
| February 8th, 1940 (February 08 1940) | Birth | Ted Koppel, American journalist | |
| February 8th, 1939 (February 08 1939) | Birth | Jose Maria Sison, Filipino communist | |
| February 8th, 1937 (February 08 1937) | Birth | Manfred Krug, German actor | |
| February 8th, 1936 (February 08 1936) | Birth | Larry Verne, American singer | |
| February 8th, 1933 (February 08 1933) | Birth | Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano | |
| February 8th, 1933 (February 08 1933) | Birth | Jack Larson, American actor | |
| February 8th, 1932 (February 08 1932) | Birth | Cliff Allison, British racing driver (died in 2005) | |
| February 8th, 1932 (February 08 1932) | Birth | John Williams, American composer and conductor | |
| February 8th, 1932 (February 08 1932) | Death | Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, New York City gangster from County Donegal in Ireland (born in 1908) | |
| February 8th, 1931 (February 08 1931) | Birth | James Dean, American actor (died in 1955) | James Dean Quotes |
| February 8th, 1930 (February 08 1930) | Birth | James Deetz, American anthropologist (died in 2000) | |
| February 8th, 1930 (February 08 1930) | Birth | Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor (died in 1987) | |
| February 8th, 1929 (February 08 1929) | Death | Maria Christina, Queen Regent of Spain (born in 1858) | |
| February 8th, 1926 (February 08 1926) | Birth | Neal Cassady, American writer (died in 1968) | |
| February 8th, 1925 (February 08 1925) | Birth | Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (died in 2001) | |
| February 8th, 1924 (February 08 1924) | Event | Capital punishment: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada. | |
| February 8th, 1922 (February 08 1922) | Event | President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. | Warren G. Harding Quotes |
| February 8th, 1922 (February 08 1922) | Birth | Audrey Meadows, American actress (died in 1996) | |
| February 8th, 1921 (February 08 1921) | Birth | Lana Turner, American actress (died in 1995) | |
| February 8th, 1921 (February 08 1921) | Death | Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (born in 1842) | |
| February 8th, 1921 (February 08 1921) | Death | George Formby (Senior), English entertainer (born in 1876) | |
| February 8th, 1918 (February 08 1918) | Event | The Stars and Stripes newspaper publishes for the first time. | |
| February 8th, 1918 (February 08 1918) | Birth | Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (died in 2003) | |
| February 8th, 1915 (February 08 1915) | Event | D.W. Griffith s controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles. | |
| February 8th, 1913 (February 08 1913) | Birth | Betty Field, American actress (died in 1973) | |
| February 8th, 1911 (February 08 1911) | Birth | Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (died in 1979) | Elizabeth Bishop Quotes |
| February 8th, 1910 (February 08 1910) | Event | The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. | |
| February 8th, 1910 (February 08 1910) | Death | Hans J?ger, Norwegian writer and political activist (born in 1854) | |
| February 8th, 1907 (February 08 1907) | Death | Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (born in 1854) | |
| February 8th, 1906 (February 08 1906) | Birth | Chester Carlson, American physicist and inventor (died in 1968) | |
| February 8th, 1904 (February 08 1904) | Event | Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War. | |
| February 8th, 1903 (February 08 1903) | Birth | Greta Keller, Austrian-born cabaret singer and actress (died in 1977) | |
| February 8th, 1902 (February 08 1902) | Birth | Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (died in 1966) | |
| February 8th, 1900 (February 08 1900) | Event | British troops are defeated by Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa. | |
| February 8th, 1900 (February 08 1900) | Birth | Ivan Ivanov-Vano Soviet animator and Russian animation director (died in 1987) | |
| February 8th, 1895 (February 08 1895) | Birth | Hermann Florstedt, Nazi leader (died in 1945) | |
| February 8th, 1894 (February 08 1894) | Birth | Ludwig Marcuse, German author and philosopher (died in 1971) | Philo Quotes |
| February 8th, 1894 (February 08 1894) | Birth | King Vidor, American film director (died in 1982) | |
| February 8th, 1893 (February 08 1893) | Birth | Ba Maw, Burmese politician (died in 1977) | |
| February 8th, 1890 (February 08 1890) | Birth | Claro M. Recto, Filipino nationalist (died in 1960) | |
| February 8th, 1888 (February 08 1888) | Birth | Dame Edith Evans, British actress (died in 1976) | Edith Evans Quotes |
| February 8th, 1887 (February 08 1887) | Event | The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments. | |
| February 8th, 1886 (February 08 1886) | Birth | Charles Ruggles, American actor (died in 1970) | |
| February 8th, 1883 (February 08 1883) | Birth | Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Austrian economist (died in 1950) | |
| February 8th, 1882 (February 08 1882) | Birth | Thomas Selfridge, First person to die in an airplane crash (died in 1908). | |
| February 8th, 1880 (February 08 1880) | Birth | Franz Marc, German painter (died in 1916) | |
| February 8th, 1879 (February 08 1879) | Event | Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute. | |
| February 8th, 1878 (February 08 1878) | Birth | Martin Buber, German philosopher (died in 1965) | Martin Buber Quotes |
| February 8th, 1867 (February 08 1867) | Event | The Ausgleich results in the establishment of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. | |
| February 8th, 1865 (February 08 1865) | Event | In the U.S., Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.) | |
| February 8th, 1856 (February 08 1856) | Death | Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (born in 1773) | |
| February 8th, 1855 (February 08 1855) | Event | The Devil s Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon. | Devo Quotes |
| February 8th, 1850 (February 08 1850) | Birth | Kate Chopin, American author (died in 1904) | |
| February 8th, 1849 (February 08 1849) | Event | New Roman Republic established. | |
| February 8th, 1849 (February 08 1849) | Death | France Preseren, Slovenian poet (born in 1800) | |
| February 8th, 1849 (February 08 1849) | Death | Francois Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (born in 1781) | |
| February 8th, 1847 (February 08 1847) | Birth | Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (died in 1902) | |
| February 8th, 1837 (February 08 1837) | Event | Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate. | |
| February 8th, 1834 (February 08 1834) | Birth | Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (died in 1907) | |
| February 8th, 1828 (February 08 1828) | Birth | Jules Verne, French author (died in 1905) | |
| February 8th, 1822 (February 08 1822) | Birth | Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (died in 1894) | |
| February 8th, 1820 (February 08 1820) | Birth | William Tecumseh Sherman, American Union general (died in 1891) | William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes |
| February 8th, 1819 (February 08 1819) | Birth | John Ruskin, English author (died in 1900) | John Ruskin Quotes |
| February 8th, 1817 (February 08 1817) | Event | Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martin and liberate Chile from Spain. | |
| February 8th, 1807 (February 08 1807) | Event | Battle of EylauNapoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen. | |
| February 8th, 1807 (February 08 1807) | Birth | Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and naturalist (died in 1889) | |
| February 8th, 1804 (February 08 1804) | Birth | Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (died in 1834) | |
| February 8th, 1792 (February 08 1792) | Birth | Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (died in 1873) | |
| February 8th, 1772 (February 08 1772) | Death | Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (born in 1719) | |
| February 8th, 1768 (February 08 1768) | Death | George Dance the Elder, English architect (born in 1695) | |
| February 8th, 1750 (February 08 1750) | Death | Aaron Hill, English writer (born in 1685) | Aaron Hill Quotes |
| February 8th, 1749 (February 08 1749) | Death | Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (born in 1682) | |
| February 8th, 1726 (February 08 1726) | Event | The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia. | |
| February 8th, 1725 (February 08 1725) | Death | Tsar Peter I of Russia (born in 1672) | |
| February 8th, 1720 (February 08 1720) | Birth | Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (died in 1750) | |
| February 8th, 1709 (February 08 1709) | Death | Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (born in 1658) | |
| February 8th, 1700 (February 08 1700) | Birth | Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (died in 1782) | |
| February 8th, 1696 (February 08 1696) | Death | Tsar Ivan V of Russia (born in 1666) | |
| February 8th, 1693 (February 08 1693) | Event | The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II. | William King Quotes |
| February 8th, 1692 (February 08 1692) | Event | A doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony suggests that two girls in the family of the village minister may be suffering from bewitchment, leading to the Salem witch trials. | |
| February 8th, 1685 (February 08 1685) | Birth | Charles-Jean-Francois Henault, French historian (died in 1770) | |
| February 8th, 1677 (February 08 1677) | Birth | Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (died in 1756) | |
| February 8th, 1649 (February 08 1649) | Birth | Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (died in 1728) | |
| February 8th, 1623 (February 08 1623) | Death | Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (born in 1546) | |
| February 8th, 1622 (February 08 1622) | Event | King James I of England disbands the English Parliament. | James I of England Quotes |
| February 8th, 1601 (February 08 1601) | Event | Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of Englandrevolt is quickly crushed. | Elizabeth I of England Quotes |
| February 8th, 1599 (February 08 1599) | Death | Robert Rollock, Scottish educator | |
| February 8th, 1587 (February 08 1587) | Event | Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England. | Elizabeth I of England Quotes |
| February 8th, 1587 (February 08 1587) | Death | Mary, Queen of Scots (born in 1542) | |
| February 8th, 1586 (February 08 1586) | Birth | Jacob Praetorius, German composer (died in 1651) | |
| February 8th, 1577 (February 08 1577) | Birth | Robert Burton, English cleric and writer (died in 1640) | |
| February 8th, 1575 (February 08 1575) | Event | Universiteit Leiden founded, and given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis". | |
| February 8th, 1552 (February 08 1552) | Birth | Agrippa d Aubigne, French poet and soldier (died in 1630) | |
| February 8th, 1529 (February 08 1529) | Death | Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (born in 1478) | |
| February 8th, 1487 (February 08 1487) | Birth | Ulrich, Duke of Wurttemberg (died in 1550) | |
| February 8th, 1405 (February 08 1405) | Birth | Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last reigning Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (died in 1453) | |
| February 8th, 1296 (February 08 1296) | Death | King Przemysl II of Poland (born in 1257) | |
| February 8th, 1291 (February 08 1291) | Birth | King Afonso IV of Portugal (died in 1357) | |
| February 8th, 1265 (February 08 1265) | Death | Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (born in 1217) | |
| February 8th, 1250 (February 08 1250) | Death | Robert I of Artois, French crusader (born in 1216) | |
| February 8th, 1250 (February 08 1250) | Death | William II Longespee | |
| February 8th, 1204 (February 08 1204) | Death | Alexius IV Angelus, deposed Eastern Roman Emperor (born in circa 1182) | |
| February 8th, 1191 (February 08 1191) | Birth | Yaroslav II of Russia (died in 1246) | |
| February 8th, 0421 (February 08 0421) | Event | Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. | |
| February 8th, 0412 (February 08 0412) | Birth | Proclus, Greek philosopher (died in 487) | Philo Quotes |
