February 8th, 1727

Born on February 8th, 1727

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 109,000 days old!

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What happened on February 8th?

February 8th, 1948

The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

February 8th, 1250

Seventh Crusade: The Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt defeated and captured King Louis IX of France at the Battle of Fariskur.

February 8th, 1693

The William III and Mary II of England charter the College of William & Mary, establishing what is now the second-oldest university in the United States.

February 8th, 1575

William of Orange founded Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands.

February 8th, 2010

A freak storm triggered a series of avalanches that buried more than 3.5 km (2.2 mi) of road near the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing 175 people and trapping more than 2,500 travellers.

February 8th, 1983

The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.

February 8th, 0421

Honorius declared Constantius III to be his co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

February 8th, 1968

Law enforcement officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina (pictured), fired into a crowd of college students who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.

February 8th, 1965

After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board.

February 8th, 1960

The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in California.

February 8th, 1924

Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.

February 8th, 1910

William D. Boyce established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.

February 8th, 1837

Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate.

February 8th, 1601

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, led a failed rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 1587

Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 8th

Same year
Born in 1727

79

Michel Adanson

French naturalist (1727-1806)

*April 7th, 1727, Aix-en-Provence †August 3rd, 1806, Paris

90

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin

Chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands (1727-1817)

*February 16th, 1727, Leiden †October 26th, 1817, Vienna

44

Justine Favart

French opera singer

*June 14th, 1727, Avignon †April 21st, 1772, Paris

52

Tommaso Traetta

Italian composer

*March 30th, 1727, Bitonto †April 6th, 1779, Venice

76

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Italian painter and engraver

*August 30th, 1727, Venice †March 3rd, 1804, Venice

32

Louise Élisabeth of France

French princess

*August 14th, 1727, Versailles †December 6th, 1759, Versailles

65

Elizabeth Griffith

Welsh-Irish writer

*October 11th, 1727, Glamorgan †January 5th, 1793, Kildare

75

Henry XXX of Reuss-Gera

(1727-1802)

*April 24th, 1727, Gera †April 26th, 1802, Gera

67

Friedrich Hartmann Graf

German composer (1727-1795)

*August 23rd, 1727, Rudolstadt †August 19th, 1795, Augsburg

32

François Thurot

French privateer, merchant naval captain and smuggler

*July 22nd, 1727, Nuits-Saint-Georges †February 28th, 1760, Isle of Man

69

Pasquale Anfossi

Italian opera composer

*April 5th, 1727, Taggia †February 1st, 1797, Rome

56

Nano Nagle

Foundress of Presentation Sisters

*November 30th, 1727, County Cork †April 20th, 1784, Cork

84

Pierre Laujon

French playwright and chansonnier

*January 13th, 1727, Paris †July 13th, 1811, Paris

54

Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold

Count of Lippe (1727-1782)

*June 12th, 1727, Detmold †May 1st, 1782, Detmold

86

Martin Bachofen

(1727-1814)

*March 23rd, 1727, Basel †February 10th, 1814, Basel

51

Johann Joseph Gassner

Austrian priest

*August 22nd, 1727, Bludenz †January 1st, 1779, Kirchroth

60

Ludwig Joseph von Welden

German priest, Prince-Bishop of Freising

*May 11th, 1727, Hochaltingen †March 15th, 1788, Freising

70

Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov

Russian Minister of Education, one of the founders of the Moscow University (1755)

*November 1st, 1727, Moscow †November 15th, 1797, Saint Petersburg

66

Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne

Catholic cardinal (1727-1794)

*October 9th, 1727, Paris †February 16th, 1794, Sens

24

Christian Renatus von Zinzendorf

German hymnwriter

*September 19th, 1727, Herrnhut †May 28th, 1752, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1727 is a normal year and no leap year.

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