February 8th
February 8th is the 39th day of the Gregorian calendar , leaving 326 days (327 days in leap years ) until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
- 421: Constantius III. is made co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire by Honorius .
- 1250: Robert I of Artois , brother of the French king Louis IX. , falls into a trap set by the Ayyubid army in the Sixth Crusade in the Egyptian city of al-Mansura with his vanguard knights . He falls along with his approximately 280 companions in hand-to-hand combat with elite Mamluk warriors .
- 1601: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex , lover of Queen Elizabeth I , attempts a coup d'état to gain control of England . However, the coup attempt is defeated.
- 1622: The English King James I dissolves Parliament after it did not approve the marriage of his son Charles to the Spanish Princess Maria Anna .
- 1676: Fyodor III. becomes new Russian tsar after death of his father Alexei I.
- 1807: The Battle of Preussisch Eylau between France under Napoleon Bonaparte and a Russian-Prussian coalition army under Levin August von Bennigsen , which had begun the day before, ended in a draw.
- 1815: The Congress of Vienna, at Britain 's insistence, passed a declaration against the slave trade .
- 1853: The Oregon Territory , established in 1848, is divided. The northern portion is named the Washington Territory by the United States Congress in honor of the first American President . The capital of the new territory will be Olympia .
- 1863: Prussian Adjutant General Gustav von Alvensleben and Russian Vice-Chancellor Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov concluded the Alvensleben Convention , a formal military convention of mutual assistance in crushing the Polish Uprising , in Saint Petersburg .
- 1887: The United States Congress passes the General Allotment Act , drafted by Henry L. Dawes , which privatizes American Indian reservation lands, leading to their massive impoverishment.
- 1904: The Russo-Japanese War begins with the attack of the Japanese fleet under Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō on the Russian port city of Port Arthur without prior declaration of war . Among other things, the Russian warship Varyag is badly damaged.
- 1907: The US assumed financial control of the Dominican Republic under an agreement signed in Santo Domingo . The country is heavily indebted.
- 1912: In Berlin, the British Secretary of War Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane begins talks to defuse the naval rivalry, which remain unsuccessful.
- 1919: About 600 Korean students gather in Tokyo and declare Korean independence . This action becomes the forerunner of the Korean Resistance, the March First Movement .
- 1920: After the departure of German troops as stipulated in the Treaty of Versailles , Danzig , which had been declared a free city , is now under the care of the League of Nations .
- 1937: In the Spanish Civil War , the Battle of Málaga , which had begun five days earlier, ended with the withdrawal of the republican troops and the capture of Málaga by the nationalists under Gonzalo Queipo de Llano , supported by Italian units . Over the next three days, Spanish and German planes and two warships fired on civilians fleeing the city; the Málaga massacre is estimated to have claimed a total of 10,000 lives.
- 1945: The Voronezh Front of the Red Army under Ivan Stepanovich Konev attacks Army Group Center under Ferdinand Schörner in World War II , opening the Lower Silesian Operation , which will last until February 24 and during which two bridgeheads on the Glatzer Neisse are captured be able.
- 1949: The Catholic Primate of Hungary , Cardinal József Mindszenty , was sentenced to life imprisonment after a show trial for espionage. In this process, Paul Esterházy , among others, received a long prison sentence.
- 1950: The People's Chamber of the GDR unanimously confirms the decision of the Politburo of the SED of January 24 to found the Ministry for State Security (MfS) in the GDR .
- 1955: In the Soviet Union , Defense Minister Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin is promoted to Chairman of the Council of Ministers , replacing the previous Prime Minister Georgi Maximilianovich Malenkov .
- 1963: In Iraq , the Ba'ath Party under Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr staged a coup , overthrew General Abd al-Karim Qasim and seized power.
- 1971: Federal Defense Minister Helmut Schmidt liberalizes the wearing of long hair in the German armed forces with the hairnet decree .
- 1971: South Vietnamese ground forces launch Operation Lam Son 719 in the Vietnam War . By invading neighboring Laos , they want to paralyze supply routes on the Ho Chi Minh Trail and politically force North Vietnam to the negotiating table. The operation fails.
- 1979: Denis Sassou-Nguesso is elected President of the Republic of the Congo for the first time by the ruling unity party.
- 2002: In Chile , Michelle Bachelet becomes the first woman in Latin America to become Minister of Defense.
business
- 1919: Henri Farman founded the world's first scheduled airline with his brother Maurice . The Lignes Farman become a predecessor of Air France in 1933 .
- 1971: The NASDAQ begins trading in New York as the first electronic exchange .
- 1982: The news magazine Der Spiegel raises accusations of enrichment in an article against the board of the German union-owned construction company Neue Heimat . The chief target is Albert Vietor , the chairman of the board .
- 1991: The US computer game company Blizzard Entertainment is founded. It is best known for its very popular and commercially successful Warcraft and Starcraft computer game series .
science and technology
- 1575: William I of Nassau-Orange founds the University of Leiden as the first college of the then young Dutch Republic of the Seven United Provinces .
- 1693: By a Royal Charter of the English royal couple Wilhelm III. and Mary II. The College of William & Mary is founded in Williamsburg , Virginia, now the second oldest university in the United States.
- 1819: The Pedagogical Institute in the Russian capital Saint Petersburg is granted the status of a university . Over time, it becomes the Saint Petersburg State University .
- 1865: Gregor Mendel publishes his crossing experiments with peas, which initially receive little attention, but later become the basis of the so-called Mendelian rules of inheritance in genetics .
- 1967: The Swedish multirole fighter aircraft Saab 37 Viggen makes its maiden flight .
- 2012: Russian scientists announce successful drilling of ice-covered Antarctic Lake Vostok .
Culture
- 1729: The first performance of the opera I disingannati ( The clever ones ) by Antonio Caldara takes place at the Teatrino di corte in Vienna .
- 1839: The romantic opera Die Genoeserin by Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner is premiered at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna .
- 1874: The opera Boris Godunov by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky , based on the drama of the same name by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin , premieres at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg .
- 1915: The silent film The Birth of a Nation by DW Griffith premieres in Los Angeles , becoming the most financially successful film of the silent film era. Recognized as a milestone in film history, it is also seen as a racist glorification of the Ku Klux Klan .
- 1926: The first play, Molière's George Dandin, is performed in the Czech avant - garde theater Osvobozené divadlo . Only a few people attend the performance.
- 1930: The operetta The Tenor of the Duchess by Eduard Künneke is premiered at the New German Theater in Prague .
- 1992: RTL Television broadcasts the first episode of the television show Wie Bitte?! out. Geert Müller-Gerbes moderates this consumer show, in which questionable experiences in dealing with companies and authorities are speared in a comedy way.
society
- 1910: Entrepreneur and philanthropist William D. Boyce founded the United States Boy Scout Association under the name Boy Scouts of America .
- 1924: The Chinese Gee John is the first person sentenced to death to be executed in a gas chamber in Carson City .
- 1952: The Federal Statistical Office reports that 9.6 million refugees live in the Federal Republic of Germany .
religion
- 1529: After the carnival , unrest breaks out in Basel , culminating in iconoclasm . The guilds eventually force the council to introduce the Reformation .
- 1884: In his encyclical Nobilissima Gallorum gens , Pope Leo XIII. with the religious situation in France, but also in other countries, and expresses the desire to improve relations with these countries.
- 2004: Prelate Joachim Angerer resigns as abbot of Geras Abbey in Lower Austria . Sexual abuse of boys by a confrere had previously become known.
disasters
- 1843: An earthquake in the Lesser Antilles destroys the town of Pointe-à-Pitre .
- 1993: When a Tupolev Tu-154 from the Iran Airtour taking off and a landing Sukhoi Su-22 collided in Tehran, all 131 occupants of the Tupolev and the two pilots of the Sukhoi died.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1969: The Allende meteorite bursts over the Mexican state of Chihuahua . One of the many falling pieces of debris just missed the post office in Pueblito de Allende, which led to the naming.
Sports
- 1897: Budapesti Torna Club becomes the first football club in Hungary by forming a football section.
- 1972: Karl Schranz , who was excluded from the Winter Olympics , is greeted by a cheering crowd when he lands in Vienna.
- 1981: The worst football accident in Greece occurs in the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus . When Olympiakos Piraeus leads 6-0 goals against AEK Athens , spectators try to leave the stadium early. Spectators who have fallen at a closed grandstand gate are crushed by the following people. 21 dead and 32 injured are to be reported.
- 1984: In Sarajevo , Yugoslavia, the XIV Winter Olympics are opened by President Mika Špiljak . Ski racer Bojan Križaj takes the Olympic oath .
- 1992: In Albertville , France, President François Mitterrand opens the XVI. Olympic Winter Games . Figure skater Surya Bonaly speaks the oath, the Olympic flame is lit by Michel Platini . It is the last Winter Games to be held in the same year as the Summer Olympics .
- 2002: US President George W. Bush opens the XIX. Olympic Winter Games . The skeleton driver Jim Shea speaks the oath, the Olympic flame is lit by the US ice hockey team .
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1291: Alfonso IV , King of Portugal
- 1425: Cristoforo Landino , Florentine humanist, poet, literary theorist, philosopher and translator
- 1487: Ulrich , Duke of Württemberg
- 1513: Daniele Barbaro , Venetian scientist and politician
- 1552: Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné , French statesman and military leader
- 1553: Marija Fyodorovna Nagaja , Tsarina of Russia
- 1568: David Gloxin , mayor in Burg auf Fehmarn
- 1577: Robert Burton , English writer and scholar
- 1586: Jacob Praetorius the Younger , German organist and composer
- 1589: Peter Melander von Holzappel , Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial League troops
- 1591: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri , Italian painter
- 1594: Vincenzo II Gonzaga , son of the Duke Vincenzo I Gonzaga of Mantua and Montferrat
- 1612: Samuel Butler , English poet
- 1623: Stephan II Thököly , Hungarian count and large landowner
- 1641: Robert Knox , English navigator
- 1675: Henry Thynne , English politician
- 1700: Daniel Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician
18th century
- 1706: Luis de Córdova , Spanish admiral
- 1715: Pasquale Cafaro , Italian composer
- 1720: Sakuramachi , 115th tennō of Japan
- 1723: Antoine de Léris , French writer
- 1730: Joseph Wanton , Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- 1741: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry , French composer
- 1743: Louis Auguste Philippe Frédéric François, 2ème Comte d'Affry , Swiss Landammann
- 1744: Georg Alexander Heinrich Herrmann von Callenberg , Lord of the Muskau Free Estate
- 1744: Karl Theodor von Dalberg , Archbishop and Elector of Mainz
- 1745: Johann Ernst Faber , German university teacher
- 1746: Susanna Margaretha Brandt , German maid and infanticide, model for the Gretchen in Goethe's Faust
- 1754: Isaac Tichenor , American politician and jurist, governor and senator from Vermont
- 1762: Gia Long , founder and first emperor of Vietnam's Nguyễn dynasty
- 1765: Joseph von Eybler , Austrian composer and pupil of Mozart
- 1774: Karl Friedrich Heinrich , German classical scholar
- 1775: Antonio Bertoloni , Italian botanist
- 1775: Traugott Leberecht Hasse , German mining official and writer
- 1777: Bernard Courtois , French chemist
- 1781: Wilhelmine of Sagan , Duchess of Sagan
- 1785: Heinrich Anschütz , German actor
- 1785: Martín Miguel de Güemes , Argentine general of the War of Independence
- 1786: Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki , Polish general
- 1794: Agnes Franz , German writer
- 1794: Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge , German chemist
- 1795: Moritz Gottlieb Saphir , Austrian writer
- 1798: Matthias Franz Borgnis , German banker, jeweler and tobacco manufacturer
- 1800: Gustav von Amstetter , German jurist and politician
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Theodor Kalide , German sculptor
- 1804: Richard Lander , British explorer of Africa
- 1810: Norbert Burgmüller , German composer
- 1810: Éliphas Lévi , French deacon, writer and occultist
- 1817: Richard Stoddert Ewell , American officer, Confederate general in American Civil War
- 1818: Austin Blair , American politician
- 1819: Wilhelm Jordan , German writer and politician
- 1819: John Ruskin , English writer, painter and philosopher
- 1820: William T. Sherman , American general in the American Civil War
- 1822: Maxime Du Camp , French writer
- 1822: Hermann Grieben , German journalist and poet
- 1824: Barnard Elliott Bee , American officer, Confederate brigadier general in American Civil War
- 1824: Franz Ludwig Fleck , Bishop of the Diocese of Metz
- 1825: Henry Walter Bates , British naturalist, evolutionary biologist and entomologist
- 1825: Roderich von Stintzing , German jurist and legal historian
- 1827: Eugénie de Santa-Coloma , French composer and singer
- 1828: Antonio Cánovas del Castillo , Spanish politician, prime minister, poet and historian
- 1828: Carl Philipp Euler , German gymnastics teacher and writer
- 1828: Jules Verne , French writer, co-founder of science fiction literature ( 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days )
- 1830: Abdülaziz , Ottoman sultan
- 1830: August Siemering , German-American writer, journalist and newspaper publisher
- 1834: Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev , Russian chemist
- 1835: Zacharie Astruc , French art critic, journalist, poet, composer, painter and sculptor
- 1835: August Köhler , German Protestant theologian and university teacher
- 1836: Karl Friedrich Strobel , German politician, Württemberg chief magistrate
- 1841: José Sebastião Neto , Portuguese cardinal, Patriarch of Lisbon
- 1842: Josef Schantl , Austrian musician, bugler
- 1845: Francis Ysidro Edgeworth , Irish economist
- 1845: Emil Sax , Austrian political economist
- 1849: Aristide Cavallari , Italian cardinal, Patriarch of Venice
- 1850: Kate Chopin , American writer
- 1850: Jan van Leeuwen , Dutch Greek scholar
- 1850: Fritz Schöll , German classical scholar
1851-1900
- 1851: Arthur Garner , Australian actor and theater entrepreneur
- 1851: Hugo Zorn von Bulach , Alsatian politician, MdR
- 1852: Emmerich von Arco-Valley , German diplomat
- 1852: Gustav Körte , German archaeologist
- 1856: Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma , Chilean painter
- 1857: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje , Dutch Arabist and Islamic scholar
- 1857: Nikolaus Müller , German classical scholar, historian and Protestant theologian
- 1859: Gabriele Reuter , German writer
- 1861: Harry Ward Leonard , American electrical engineer and inventor ( Ward-Leonard converter )
- 1866: Anton Schott , Austrian writer
- 1867: Michael Zeno Diemer , German painter
- 1868: Evangeline Adams , American consultant, astrologer and author
- 1868: Walter Rothschild , British banker and zoologist
- 1868: Franja Tavčar , Slovenian suffragette
- 1870: Georg Ahlemann , German officer and politician
- 1872: Theodor Lessing , German philosopher and publicist
- 1873: Philippe de Marne , French racing car driver
- 1873: Josef Enzensperger , German meteorologist and mountaineer
- 1874: Otto Glöckel , Austrian politician and school reformer
- 1876: Paula Modersohn-Becker , German Expressionist painter
- 1877: Albert Vögler , German politician and entrepreneur, general director of the United Steel Works
- 1878: Martin Buber , Austro-Israeli Jewish philosopher of religion
- 1878: Willem Hesselink , Dutch footballer
- 1879: Glover Morrill Allen , American zoologist and ornithologist
- 1880: Franz Marc , German painter, draftsman and graphic artist, important representative of Expressionism
- 1882: Karl Hayd , Austrian painter and printmaker
- 1882: Thomas E. Selfridge , United States officer, first fatality from powered flight
- 1883: Gregori Aminoff , Swedish artist
- 1883: Joseph Schumpeter , Austro-Hungarian economist and politician
- 1884: Albert Debrunner , Swiss classics scholar and linguist
- 1884: John Moore-Brabazon , British aviation pioneer and Conservative politician and racing driver
- 1884: Willy Schmitter , German racing cyclist
- 1885: Aarne Michaël Tallgren , Finnish prehistorian
- 1886: Gunther Pluchow , German naval officer and aviation pioneer ( Flieger von Tsingtau )
- 1887: Georg Lehmann-Fahrwasser , German landscape painter
- 1887: Heinrich Spoerl , German writer
- 1888: Hans Arko , Austrian lawyer and politician
- 1888: Edith Evans , British actress
- 1888: Jakob Kaiser , German politician, resistance fighter against National Socialism, MP, federal minister
- 1888: Matthijs Vermeulen , Dutch composer
- 1889: Siegfried Kracauer , German film sociologist
- 1889: E. Robert Schmitz , French pianist and music teacher
- 1891: René Marie , French racing car driver
- 1891: Alfons Walde , German painter and architect
- 1892: Ralph Chubb , British poet, printer and artist
- 1892: Elizabeth Ryan , American tennis player
- 1894: George von Kaufmann , British mathematician and anthroposophist
- 1894: Ludwig Marcuse , German-American writer and philosopher
- 1894: Rosita Renard , Chilean pianist
- 1894: King Vidor , American director
- 1895: Chorloogiin Choibalsan , Mongolian communist politician
- 1897: Zakir Hussain , Indian politician, President of the State
- 1897: Pierre Clause , French automobile racer
- 1897: Stanisław Milski , Polish actor and director
- 1899: Juan Pedro Arremón , Uruguayan footballer
- 1899: Hans Lang , German soccer player
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Gustav Dahrendorf , German politician, MdR, co-founder of the Young Socialists and journalist
- 1902: Illa Andreae , German writer
- 1902: Lucie Englisch , Austrian actress
- 1902: Helene Glatzer , German communist resistance fighter, MdL
- 1903: Greta Keller , Austrian chanson singer
- 1903: Tunku Abdul Rahman , Malaysian politician
- 1905: Viktor Achter , German lawyer, university lecturer and entrepreneur
- 1905: Wilhelm Angele , German-American missile guidance engineer
- 1905 Lawrence Henry Aurie , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1905: Josef Becker , German politician, MP
- 1906: Franz Andrysek , Austrian weightlifter
- 1906: Artur Balsam , American pianist and music teacher
- 1906: Richard Hofmann , German soccer player
- 1906: Henry Roth , American writer
- 1908: Albert Lautman , French mathematician and philosopher
- 1908: Antonio Machín , Cuban singer
- 1908: Emil Staiger , Swiss Professor of German Studies at the University of Zurich
- 1909: Mathieu André , Austro-French footballer
- 1909: Vasily Ivanovich Rakov , Soviet pilot
- 1910: Geoffrey de Ste Croix , British ancient historian
- 1910: János Gyarmati , Hungarian football player and coach
- 1910: Eric Helgar , German singer, stage and screen actor, television presenter and composer
- 1910: Raph , Franco-Argentine racer
- 1911: Elizabeth Bishop , American writer
- 1911: Erwin Feller , German politician, MP
- 1912: Horst Ademeit , German fighter pilot
- 1912: Šimon Jurovský , Slovak composer
- 1913: Antal Apró , Hungarian communist politician
- 1913: Betty Field , American actress
- 1916: Al Coppage , American football player
- 1916: Hans-Hugo Hartmann , German racing driver
- 1917: Wilhelm Karl Ferdinand Schubert , German SS Oberscharführer and block leader at Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- 1918: Peter Lanyon , British painter
- 1919: Leopold Neumer , German and Austrian soccer player
- 1920: Bob Bemer , American computer pioneer
- 1920: Karin Himboldt , German actress
- 1920: Mike Magill , American racing driver
- 1920: Mary Siragusa , Dominican pianist and music teacher
- 1921: Ekkehard Fritsch , German actor
- 1921: Hans Albert , German sociologist, philosopher and university lecturer
- 1921: Fritz Heinrich , German trade unionist and politician, MP
- 1921: John Pierrakos , American psychiatrist
- 1921: Lana Turner , American actress
- 1922: Yuri Lvovich Averbakh , Russian chess player
- 1922: Muhammad Aslam , Pakistani sprinter
- 1922: Erika Burkart , Swiss writer
- 1924: Khamtay Siphandone , President of Laos
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- 1925: Jack Lemmon , American actor
1926-1950
- 1926: Neal Cassady , American author, member of literary group The Beat Generation ( Beatniks )
- 1926: Sonja Ziemann , German actress, dancer and singer
- 1928: Siegfried Fink , German drummer and composer
- 1929: Claude Rich , French actor
- 1930: Erich Böhme , German journalist and presenter
- 1930: Dieter-Julius Cronenberg , German politician
- 1930: Catherine Hardy , American track and field athlete, Olympic gold medalist
- 1930: Eva Strittmatter , German poet and writer
- 1931: James Dean , American film actor
- 1931: Shadia , Egyptian film actress and singer
- 1932: Cliff Allison , English Formula One racing driver
- 1932: Horst Eckel , German soccer player
- 1932: John Williams , American composer
- 1933: Elly Ameling , German soprano
- 1933: Georg Sperber , German forestry practitioner and scientist
- 1933: Josef Taus , Austrian commercial lawyer, manager and politician
- 1934: Joachim Angerer , German university professor and dept
- 1935: Herbert Fenn , German legal scholar, dance athlete and sports official
- 1935: Bill Smith , English motorcycle racer
- 1936: Elisabeth Orth , Austrian actress
- 1937: Aivars Gipslis , Latvian chess player
- 1937: Jürgen Huss , German forest scientist
- 1937: Manfred Krug , German actor and singer
- 1939: Peter Röhlinger , German politician, Lord Mayor, MP
- 1939: Egon Zimmermann , Austrian alpine skier
- 1940: Jörg Rüdiger Siewert , German physician
- 1941: Wolfgang Blochwitz , German soccer player
- 1941: Nick Nolte , American actor
- 1942: Terry Melcher , American music producer
- 1943: Nikolaki Sawaf , Syrian Archbishop
- 1944: Sebastião Salgado , Brazilian photographer and photojournalist
- 1944: Emma Schmidt , Austrian pianist
- 1945: Kinza Clodumar , Nauruan politician, President of the State
- 1945: Erich Rutemöller , German football coach
- 1946: Gert Jonke , Austrian writer
- 1947: Leo Niehorster , American-Dutch author
- 1948: Waldo Karpenkiel , German drummer
- 1948: Dan Seals , American singer, musician and songwriter
- 1949: Brooke Adams , American actress
- 1949: Niels Arestrup , French film and stage actor
- 1949: Roland Kimmerle , German soccer player
- 1950: Paul Kind , Liechtenstein cyclist
- 1950: Jochen Leiß , German table tennis player
- 1950: Marcel Ospel , Swiss manager
1951-1975
- 1952: Erwin Lotter , German doctor and politician, MP
- 1953: Günther Emig , German librarian and Kleist Archive director, editor and publisher
- 1953: Mary Steenburgen , American actress
- 1954: Jochen Schroeder , German actor and singer
- 1955: John Grisham , American writer
- 1955: Ethan Phillips , American actor and author
- 1957: Imogen Kogge , German actress
- 1957: Mohammed Valli Moosa , South African politician
- 1958: Sherri Martel , American professional wrestler
- 1958: Marina Silva , Brazilian politician
- 1959: Heinz Günthardt , Swiss tennis player
- 1959: Irina Vladimirovna Kalinina , Soviet diver, Olympic champion
- 1959: Jürgen Kruse , German theater director
- 1959: Mark Kuhn , Swiss actor
- 1959: Mauricio Macri , Argentine entrepreneur and politician
- 1960: Benigno Aquino III. , Filipino politician
- 1960: Alfred Gusenbauer , Austrian politician
- 1961: Ralf Åkesson , Swedish chess player, grandmaster
- 1961: Ellen Arnhold , German TV presenter
- 1961: Christian Fitzek , German handball player and coach
- 1961: Vince Neil , American musician
- 1961: Lothar Wieler , German microbiologist, President of the Robert Koch Institute
- 1962: Bhushan Akut , Indian badminton player
- 1962: Israil Magomedgireyevich Arsamakov , Soviet weightlifter
- 1962: Barbara Ludwig , German politician, MdL, state minister, mayor
- 1962: Martin Wuttke , German actor and director
- 1963: Jóhann Hjartarson , Icelandic chess grandmaster
- 1963: Joshua Kadison , American musician
- 1964: Tatjana Clasing , German actress
- 1965: Mathilda May , French actress
- 1966: Alexander Antonitsch , Austrian tennis player
- 1966: Mathias Gutmann , German biologist and philosopher
- 1966: Bruno Labbadia , German football player and coach
- 1966: Sylvia Limmer , German politician
- 1966: Hristo Stoichkov , Bulgarian footballer
- 1967: Matthias Baranowski , German footballer
- 1967: Lorenzo Minotti , Italian footballer
- 1968: Gary Coleman , American actor
- 1968: Georg Fahrenschon , German politician, MP, Minister of State
- 1968: April Stewart , American voice actress
- 1969: Kim Myong-nam , North Korean weightlifter
- 1970: Roman Knižka , German actor
- 1970: Alonzo Mourning , American basketball player
- 1971: Dmitri Vladislavovich Nelyubin , Russian cyclist
- 1971: Andrus Veerpalu , Estonian cross-country skier
- 1972: Piotr Gładki , Polish marathon runner
- 1972: Paul Wight , American professional wrestler
- 1973: Johannes Scherer , German radio and television presenter
- 1973: Judith Sehrbrock , German actress
- 1973: Ursula Wyss , Swiss National Councilor
- 1974: Ulises de la Cruz , Ecuadorian soccer player
- 1974: Seth Green , American actor
- 1974: Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo , French musician ( Daft Punk )
- 1975: Kevin Cooper , English footballer
- 1975: Alexondra Lee , American actress
- 1975: Uli Wolf , German handball player
1976-2000
- 1976: Oksana Nikiforova , Russian dancer
- 1976: Nicolas Vouilloz , French mountain biker and rally driver
- 1977: Shigeru Aburaya , Japanese long-distance runner
- 1977: David Farrell , American musician ( Linkin Park )
- 1977: Sverre Andreas Jakobsson , Icelandic handball player
- 1977: Roman Sergeyevich Kostomarov , Russian figure skater
- 1978: Darren Appleton , English pool player
- 1978: Bettie Ballhaus , German television presenter and nude model
- 1979: Sebastian Seitner , German handball player
- 1980: Nico Kibat , German handball player
- 1980: Jennifer Knäble , German TV presenter
- 1981: Tjark Bernau , German actor and director
- 1981: Steve Gohouri , Ivorian footballer
- 1981: Sebastian Preiß , German handball player
- 1982: Jens Dethloff , German handball player and coach
- 1982: Liam McIntyre , Australian actor
- 1983: Jermaine Anderson , Canadian basketball player
- 1983: Wen Lihao , Chinese darts player
- 1984: Shelley Thompson , German soccer player
- 1986: Scott Arnold , Australian squash player
- 1986: Ashley Mulheron , British actress
- 1986: Anderson .Paak , American singer, rapper, drummer and record producer
- 1987: Jessica Jerome , American ski jumper
- 1987: Carolina Kostner , Italian figure skater
- 1987: Moritz Weltgen , German handball player
- 1988: Abdullah Al Muzayen , Kuwaiti squash player
- 1988: Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto , Brazilian soccer player
- 1988: Arik Braun , German chess player
- 1988: Maxi Hayn , German handball player
- 1989: Chai Romruen , Australian actor
- 1990: Baek Jin-hee , South Korean actress
- 1990: Vegard Breen , Norwegian road cyclist
- 1990: Bethany Hamilton , American surfer
- 1990: Klay Thompson , American basketball player
- 1991: André Luge , German footballer
- 1992: Maarten Meiners , Dutch alpine skier
- 1993: Stefano Beltrame , Italian footballer
- 1993: Sina Ritter , German handball player
- 1993: Luisa Wensing , German soccer player
- 1994: Hakan Çalhanoğlu , Turkish footballer
- 1994: Fabian Wiede , German handball player
- 1995: Alyaksandra Hisels , Belarusian billiards player
- 1995: Joshua Kimmich , German soccer player
- 1996: Kenedy , Brazilian soccer player
- 1997: June Tomiak , German politician, MdA
- 2000: Chris Durkin , American soccer player
21st century
- 2003: Nurshat Tursynshanov , Kazakh ski jumper
Died
Before the 16th century
- 215 BC BC: Kōrei , Japanese Emperor
- 453: Ingyō , Japanese Emperor
- 538: Severus of Antioch , Monophysite patriarch of Antioch
- 840: Thiatgrim , Bishop of Halberstadt
- 975: Abdallah ibn al-Muizz , crown prince of the Fatimids
- 1124: Stephen of Muret , French monk and founder of an order
- 1135: Elvira of Castile , Queen of Sicily
- 1159: Conrad I , Duke of Merania
- 1235: Burchard I of Woldenberg , Archbishop of Magdeburg
- 1250: Érard II of Brienne-Ramerupt , lord of Ramerupt and crusader
- 1250: Raoul II de Coucy , Lord of Coucy, Marle and La Fèr and Crusaders
- 1250: William Longespée of Salisbury , English nobleman
- 1250: Robert de Vere , English crusader
- 1250: Robert I , Count of Artois
- 1250: Fachr ad-Din Yusuf , diplomat and emir of the Mameluke Guard of Egypt
- 1265: Hülegü , Mongol prince and general
- 1274: Heinrich von Lützelburg , Bishop of Zemgale, Bishop of Courland and Bishop of Chiemsee
- 1285: Dietrich von Landsberg , Wettin Margrave of Landsberg
- 1292: William VII , Margrave of Montferrat
- 1296: Przemysł II , King of Poland
- 1314: Hélène of Anjou , Serbian queen
- 1324: Marquard I von Hagel , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1349: Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser , English nobleman
- 1428: Rudolph III , Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg
- 1429: Eberhard IV of Starhemberg , Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1469: Abu Sa'id , ruler of Transoxania from the Timurid dynasty
16th to 18th centuries
- 1515: Wilhelm I , Landgrave of Hesse
- 1533: Juan Martín de Ampiés , Spanish officer
- 1533: Matthäus Beskau , German Catholic theologian and legal scholar
- 1537: Hieronymus Ämiliani , Italian humanist and saint
- 1537: Otto von Pack , German conspirator
- 1553: Johann Ernst , Duke of Saxe-Coburg
- 1555: Laurence Saunders , English clergyman and evangelical martyr
- 1586: Peter Tiara , Dutch philologist and physician
- 1594: Elizabeth of the Palatinate , Duchess of Saxony
- 1611: Jan Huygen van Linschoten , Dutch merchant, author and explorer
- 1620: Simon Reiffenstuel , Bavarian court architect and builder of the brine line from Bad Reichenhall to Traunstein
- 1628: François d'Escoubeau de Sourdis , French archbishop and cardinal
- 1636: Erich Hedemann , German Privy Counselor to Christian IV of Denmark
- 1640: Murad IV , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1649: Wilhelm Leyser I , German theologian
- 1657: Laura Mancini , Duchess of Mercoeur
- 1664: Charles de La Porte , Duke of Meilleraye and Peer of France
- 1676: Alexei I , Tsar and Grand Duke of Russia
- 1680: Elisabeth von der Pfalz , eldest daughter of Elector Friedrich V von der Pfalz
- 1693: Stephan Pilarick , Hungarian philosopher, Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and theologian
- 1696: Ivan V , Tsar of Russia
- 1704: Philipp Jeningen , German Jesuit, popular missionary and mystic
- 1707: Giuseppe Aldrovandini , Italian composer and conductor
- 1707: Johann Heinrich Starcke , German physician
- 1709: Giuseppe Torelli , Italian Baroque violinist and composer
- 1710: Sebastian Gercken , Mayor of Lübeck
- 1712: Nicola Ammirato , Neapolitan painter
- 1720: Orazio Marinali , Italian sculptor
- 1725: John Bellers , English Quaker, economist and social reformer
- 1725: Peter the Great , Tsar of the Russian Empire
- 1739: Gottfried Leonhard Baudis the Elder , German legal scholar
- 1742: Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf , Austrian diplomat and statesman, Supreme Court Chancellor
- 1745: Charles , Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt
- 1749: Jan van Huysum , Dutch painter
- 1750: Siard Frick , Abbot of Schussenried
- 1751: Nicola Salvi , Italian architect
- 1755: Niccolò Coscia , Italian cardinal and bishop
- 1757: Bernd Siegmund von Blankensee , Royal Prussian Major General, bearer of the Pour le Mérite
- 1771: Johann Anton Tillier , mayor of Bern
- 1772: Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , wife of the heir to the British throne, Frederick Ludwig of Hanover, and mother of George III.
- 1786: Johann Kaspar Riesbeck , German jurist and writer, actor and Illuminator
- 1795: Johann Rudolf Ulrich , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university teacher
- 1797: Johann Friedrich Doles , German composer and Thomaskantor
19th century
- 1802: Johann Georg Wieland , German plasterer and sculptor
- 1809: Anton Oehmbs , German Catholic theologian and university teacher
- 1812: Friedrich Arnold Wilhelm Adolf Carl Arndts , German jurist
- 1819: Johan David Åkerblad , Swedish diplomat, paleographer and orientalist
- 1828: Ferdinand Ludolph Friedrich von Angern , German politician
- 1835: Catherine Josephine Duchesnois , French actress
- 1835: Guillaume Dupuytren , French physician and surgeon
- 1840: Thomas Graf , German Catholic clergyman
- 1844: Bartolomeo Ferrari , Italian sculptor
- 1848: Karl Ludwig Nordmann , tenant farmer and animal breeder
- 1849: François-Antoine Habeneck , French violinist and composer
- 1849: France Prešeren , Slovene poet
- 1851: Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley , British politician and statesman
- 1856: Eduard Vogel , German astronomer and explorer of Africa
- 1861: Pierre-Bienvenu Noailles , French priest and founder of a religious order
- 1862: Károly Ferenczy , Hungarian Impressionist painter
- 1871: Ignác Ondříček , Czech violinist and conductor
- 1871: Moritz von Schwind , Austro-German painter
- 1874: Herman Merivale , British civil servant and author
- 1874: David Friedrich Strauss , German writer, philosopher and theologian
- 1875: Wilhelm Assmann , German historian, educator, textbook author and politician
- 1877: Charles Wilkes , American officer and polar explorer
- 1878: Elias Magnus Fries , Swedish botanist, fungal researcher and co-founder of modern mycology
- 1880: Antonio Angeleri , Italian pianist and music teacher
- 1882: Berthold Auerbach , German writer
- 1882: Mary SB Dana , American novelist
- 1884: Eduard von Bach , Austrian politician
- 1884: Cetshwayo , King of the Zulu and their leader in the Zulu War
- 1886: Ivan Sergeyevich Aksakov , Russian writer and Slavophile
- 1887: Albert Adamo , German painter
- 1888: Robert Houston Anderson , American brigadier general
- 1898: Ivan Kolessa , Ukrainian folklorist and ethnographer
- 1899: Ferdinand Wüstenfeld , German orientalist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1902: Sergei Ivanovich Mossin , Russian arms designer
- 1903: Hermann Knothe , German regional historian of Upper Lusatia
- 1904: Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld , Portuguese opera singer
- 1906: Giuseppina Gabriella Bonino , Italian religious sister and founder
- 1906: Wilhelm von Christ , German classics scholar
- 1906: Josue Jean Philippe Valeton the Elder , Dutch Reformed theologian and Orientalist
- 1907: Alfred Kirchhoff , German geographer
- 1907: Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom , Dutch chemist
- 1909: Mieczysław Karłowicz , Polish composer
- 1909: Edouard Silas , Dutch composer and organist
- 1910: Hans Jæger , Norwegian man of letters and anarchist
- 1911: Gustaf Fröding , Swedish poet
- 1914: Adam Trabert , German writer and jurist
- 1915: Justus Brinckmann , German scholar and founder of the Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg
- 1915: Nagatsuka Takashi , Japanese writer
- 1916: Arwed Emminghaus , German political economist
- 1916: Gustav Falke , German writer
- 1917: Diomede Falconio , Italian religious religious, Vatican diplomat and Curia cardinal
- 1917: Anton Haus , Austro-Hungarian admiral
- 1918: Louis Renault , French jurist, contributor to The Hague Peace Conferences , Nobel laureate
- 1919: Meier Appel , German rabbi
- 1920: Richard Dehmel , German poet and writer
- 1920: Georges Gillet , French oboist, music teacher and composer
- 1921: Francisco d'Andrade , Portuguese opera singer
- 1921: Max Dvořák , Austrian art historian
- 1921: Francis Hagerup , Norwegian jurist and diplomat
- 1921: Josip Ipavec , Slovenian composer
- 1921: Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin , Russian anarchist, geographer and writer
- 1926: William Bateson , British geneticist
- 1927: Johann Nepomuk Hauser , Austrian politician and prelate
- 1928: Leonti Nikolayevich Benois , Russian architect
- 1928: Theodor Curtius , German chemist
- 1931: Robert Zimmermann , Swiss Jesuit, university lecturer and linguist
- 1935: Max Liebermann , German painter and graphic artist, important representative of Impressionism , President of the Berlin Secession
- 1936: Rahel Sanzara , German dancer, actress and writer
- 1940: Hans Ostwald , German journalist and writer
- 1941: Carl von Tubeuf , German plant pathologist
- 1942: Fritz Todt , German civil engineer, general of the SA and Luftwaffe, Reich Minister in the Nazi era, founder of the Todt Organization
- 1943: Paul Haehling von Lanzenauer , German major general
- 1944: Alfons Paquet , German journalist, writer and poet
- 1946: Felix Hoffmann , German chemist
- 1948: Heinrich User , Romanian journalist, politician and printer
- 1948: Samuel Prescott Bush , American industrialist
- 1949: Franco Leoni , Italian composer
- 1949: Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin , Russian composer
- 1950: Arthur Kampf , German painter
- 1950: Ralph Roese , German motorcycle and automobile racer
1951-2000
- 1951: Fritz Thyssen , German entrepreneur
- 1955: Hans Rudolf Emil Ludwig Arnsperger , German internist
- 1956: Connie Mack , American baseball player, manager and team owner
- 1957: Walther Bothe , German nuclear physicist ( coincidence method ) and Nobel Prize winner
- 1957: John von Neumann , Hungarian-American mathematician and computer pioneer
- 1959: Próspero Bisquertt , Chilean composer
- 1959: William J. Donovan , US soldier, lawyer and intelligence officer, considered the father of US intelligence
- 1959: Josef Friedrich Perkonig , Austrian writer
- 1960: John Langshaw Austin , British philosopher and linguist
- 1960: Eduard Hermann , Estonian walker
- 1960: Hans Hinkel , German journalist and ministry official
- 1960: Giles Gilbert Scott , British architect
- 1961: Kurt Pastenaci , German writer and historian
- 1962: August Lämmle , German dialect poet
- 1963: Ernst Glaeser , German writer
- 1963: Jakob Altmaier , German politician, MP, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1964: Ernst Kretschmer , German psychiatrist
- 1967: Victor Gollancz , British publisher and peace activist
- 1970: Lester Stoefen , American tennis player and coach
- 1972: Markos Vamvakaris , Greek bouzouki player and rembetiko performer
- 1973: Wilhelm Urban , German politician, MP, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1974: Fern Andra , American actress, director, screenwriter and film producer
- 1974: Fritz Zwicky , Swiss physicist and astronomer
- 1975: Robert Robinson , British chemist
- 1977: Eivind Groven , Norwegian composer
- 1978: Oscar L. Chapman , American politician
- 1978: Sam H. Jones , American politician, Governor of the State of Louisiana
- 1979: Dennis Gábor , Hungarian-British electrical engineer, Nobel laureate ( holography ), founding member of the Club of Rome
- 1981: Jakob Bender , German footballer
- 1981: Konrad Wittmann , German politician, MP
- 1982: Kurt Edelhagen , German musician
- 1982: Willy Rumpf , Minister of Finance of the GDR
- 1983: Alfred Wallenstein , American conductor and cellist
- 1984: Philippe Ariès , French medievalist and historian
- 1985: Ernst Brüche , German physicist, pioneer of electron optics
- 1985: William Lyons , British entrepreneur and founder of the Jaguar car brand
- 1986: Ishizuka Tomoji , Japanese writer
- 1987: Max Seydewitz , politician of the GDR and Prime Minister of Saxony
- 1988: Pietro Arcari , Italian footballer
- 1990: François-Nestor Adam , Italian bishop
- 1990: Del Shannon , American rock 'n' roll singer
- 1990: Ernest Titterton , nuclear physicist
- 1993: Douglas Heyes , American screenwriter and director
- 1993: Franz Schnyder , Swiss film director
- 1994: Ken G. Hall , Australian film producer, director and screenwriter
- 1995: Joseph Maria Bocheński , Polish philosopher and logician
- 1996: Heinz Aull , German politician
- 1998: Alby Cullaz , French jazz double bass player
- 1998: Halldór Laxness , Icelandic writer and Nobel laureate
- 1999: Hilde Lotz-Bauer , German photographer and art historian
- 1999: Iris Murdoch , Anglo-Irish writer and philosopher
- 2000: Sid Abel , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 2000: Angelika Mechtel , German writer
21st century
- 2001: Giuseppe Casoria , Italian clergyman and Curia cardinal
- 2001: Tisa von der Schulenburg , German artist and nun
- 2002: Elisabeth Mann Borgese , German-Canadian maritime law scholar, ecologist and writer, only female founding member of the Club of Rome
- 2002: Nick Brignola , American musician
- 2002: Joachim Hoffmann , German historian and publicist
- 2003: Alice Treff , German actress
- 2004: Robert Milson Appleby , British paleontologist
- 2004: Arne Eggebrecht , German Egyptologist
- 2004: Nicholas Goldschmidt , Canadian conductor and music educator, pianist and singer
- 2005: Germund Dahlquist , Swedish mathematician
- 2005: Helmut Eder , Austrian composer
- 2005: Keith Knudsen , American drummer
- 2005: Ovo Maltine , German AIDS activist and cabaret queen
- 2005: Gaston Rahier , Belgian motocross rider
- 2005: Jimmy Smith , American jazz and blues organist
- 2006: Gil Bouley , American football player
- 2006: Michael Gilbert , British writer
- 2006: Ernst Grabbe , German actor
- 2006: Ifukube Akira , Japanese composer
- 2006: Gigi Parrish , American actress
- 2006: Amand Schwantge , German horn player
- 2007: Anna Nicole Smith , American actress and fashion model
- 2009: Sabit Osman Avcı , Turkish politician
- 2010: Krzysztof Skubiszewski , Polish politician and jurist
- 2010: Wahei Tatematsu , Japanese writer
- 2012: Jimmy Sabater , American musician and songwriter
- 2013: Maureen Dragone , American journalist and author
- 2013: Kurt Hübner , German philosopher
- 2013: Friedrich Schenker , German composer
- 2017: Peter Mansfield , British physicist and Nobel laureate
- 2018: Marie Gruber , German actress
- 2019: Sergei Jurski , Soviet and Russian actor and director respectively
- 2020: Robert Conrad , American actor
- 2021: Jean-Claude Carrière , French screenwriter and novelist
- 2021: Adam Kopczyński , Polish ice hockey player
- 2021: Mary Wilson , American singer ( The Supremes )
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- Carpentarius , German priest and martyr (Protestant)
- St. Jerome Emiliani , Italian religious founder and patron saint (Catholic)
- St. Josefine Bakhita , Sudanese slave, nun and patron saint (Catholic)
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
Commons : February 8 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
itemizations
- ↑ Jung Hae-myoung: Feb. 8 Independent Declaration distributed worldwide in 4 languages. In: The Korea Times . February 8, 2019, retrieved March 25, 2019 (English).