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Feb 08 1552

Agrippa dAubign French poet and soldier (d. 1630)

Feb 08 1577

Robert Burton British writer and Anglican clergyman (The Anatomy of Melancholy) born in Lindley Leicestershire England (d. 1640)

Feb 08 1612

Samuel Butler England poetsatirist (Hudibras) (baptized)

Feb 08 1649

Gabriel Daniel French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)

Feb 08 1685

Charles-Jean-Franois Hnault French historian (d. 1770)

Feb 08 1708

Vaclav Jan Kopriva Czech composer and organist born in Ctoliby Czech Republic (d. 1789)

Feb 08 1792

Caroline Augusta of Bavaria queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873)

Feb 08 1795

Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge German chemist (Chinoline) born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1867)

Feb 08 1795

Moritz G [Moses] Saphir Hungarian journalistserial writer

Feb 08 1804

Richard Lemon Lander British explorer born in Truro Cornwall (d. 1834)

Feb 08 1807

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins English sculptor and naturalist (d. 1889)

Feb 08 1810

Norbert Burgmller German composer born in Dsseldorf Germany (d. 1836)

Feb 08 1811

Edwin Denison Morgan Sect of War (Confederacy) (d. 1883)

Feb 08 1817

Richard Stoddert Ewell Lt Gen (Confederate Army) (d. 1872)

Feb 08 1819

John Ruskin writercriticartistGothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite)

Feb 08 1822

Maxime Du Camp French writertraveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres)

Feb 08 1824

Barnard Elliot Bee Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1861)

Feb 08 1847

Hugh Price Hughes English social reformer (d. 1902)

Feb 08 1851

Kate OFlaherty Chopin writer born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1904)

Feb 08 1852

Nikolai Garin [Michailovski] Russ author (Tjoma Kartashov) [NS220]

Feb 08 1859

John H Been towns archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)

Feb 08 1872

Theodor Lessing German writer born in Hanover Germany (d. 1933)

Feb 08 1876

Paula Modersohn-Becker German entartet painter

Feb 08 1878

Martin Buber Austrian-Israeli dialogue philosopher and theologist (Ich und Du) born in Vienna Austria-Hungary (d. 1965)

Feb 08 1882

George Siegmann American actor (Birth of Nation Queen of Sheba Oliver Twist) born in NYC New York (d. 1928)

Feb 08 1882

Thomas Selfridge First person to die in an airplane crash (d. 1908).

Feb 08 1883

Joseph A Schumpeter AustriaUS economistminister of finance

Feb 08 1884

Reginald Snowy Baker Australian athlete and actor (The Sword of Valor) born in Surry Hills New South Wales Australia (d. 1953)

Feb 08 1886

Charlie Ruggles American actor (Bringing Up Baby The Patchwork Girl of Oz) born in Los Angeles California (d. 1970)

Feb 08 1888

Edith Evans British actress (Tom Jones David Copperfield) born in London England (d. 1976)

Feb 08 1888

Matthijs Vermeulen Dutch composermusic critic

Feb 08 1890

Claro Mayo Recto Filipino nationalistopponent of US colonialism

Feb 08 1892

Fritz Todt German Reichs minister (Organization Todt)

Feb 08 1575 University Leiden founded and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis

Feb 08 1600 Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death

Feb 08 1601 Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London

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