February 8th, 1857

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Born on February 8th, 1857 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 8th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1857)

Born on February 8th, 1857

Weekday

Sunday

February 8th, 1857 was a Sunday.

Age

167

People born on February 8th, 1857 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 167 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1857 - February 19th, 1857

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 61,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 925 days, exactly on November 9th, 2026, people who were born on February 8th, 1857 will be 62,000 days old!

61,075 Days

8,725 Weeks

2,006 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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: Louis IX of France was defeated at the Battle of Fariskur and captured by the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt.

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, 1968

Local police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into a crowd of people 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, 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 (pictured) 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 (pictured), was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 2014

A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.

February 8th, 2013

A blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.

February 8th, 2010

Over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.

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

Born on February 8th, 1857

Christiaan Snouck

Dutch orientalist

*February 8th, 1857, Oosterhout †June 26th, 1936, Leiden

Nikolaus Müller

German church historian, archaeologist and theologian

*February 8th, 1857, Großniedesheim †September 3rd, 1913, Berlin

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Who's birthday is on February 8th?

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

Jules Verne

French writer (1828–1905)

*February 8th, 1828, Nantes †March 24th, 1905, Amiens

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

Franz Marc

German painter (1880-1916)

*February 8th, 1880, Munich †March 4th, 1916, Braquis

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1931, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

Dmitri Mendeleev

Russian chemist

*February 8th, 1834, Tobolsk †January 20th, 1907, Saint Petersburg

Bronte Barratt

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder

*February 8th, 1989, Brisbane

Shelley Thompson

German Association footballer

*February 8th, 1984, Langenfeld

Edith Evans

British actress (1888–1976)

*February 8th, 1888, London †October 14th, 1976, Cranbrook

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

Martin Buber

German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)

*February 8th, 1878, Vienna †June 13th, 1965, Jerusalem

Hugo Zorn von Bulach

French politician (1851-1921)

*February 8th, 1851, Strasbourg †April 20th, 1921, Osthouse

Kate Chopin

American author

*February 8th, 1850, St. Louis †August 22nd, 1904, St. Louis

Roderich von Stintzing

German legal historian (1825–1883)

*February 8th, 1825, Altona †September 13th, 1883, Oberstdorf

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

Mary McCormack

American actress

*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

Horst Eckel

German association football player

*February 8th, 1932, Vogelbach †December 3rd, 2021, Landstuhl

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Born in 1857

Ernst Fabricius

German historian, archaeologist and scholar (1857–1942)

*September 6th, 1857, Darmstadt †March 22nd, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau

William Howard Taft

President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area

Ferdinand de Saussure

Swiss linguist (1857-1913)

*November 26th, 1857, Geneva †February 22nd, 1913, Vufflens-le-Château

Friedrich August Emil Heuer

*December 27th, 1857, Rammenau †March 29th, 1934, Dresden

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn

Joseph Conrad

Polish-British writer (1857–1924)

*December 3rd, 1857, Terekhove †August 3rd, 1924, Bishopsbourne

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City

Henrik Pontoppidan

Writer, Nobel Laureate

*July 24th, 1857, Fredericia †August 21st, 1943, Copenhagen

Otto Sidow

German politician (SPD)

*May 1st, 1857, Friesack †September 6th, 1927, Brandenburg an der Havel

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)

*February 22nd, 1857, Paddington †January 8th, 1941, Nyeri

Eugène Regnault

French diplomat (1857-1941)

*December 28th, 1857, Boulogne-sur-Mer †September 25th, 1941, Gorre

Mario Méndez Bejarano

Spanish author

*December 5th, 1857, Seville †January 16th, 1931, Madrid

Julien Tiersot

French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (1857-1936)

*July 5th, 1857, Bourg-en-Bresse †August 10th, 1936, 13th arrondissement of Paris

Margaret Deland

American writer and poet (1857–1945)

*February 23rd, 1857, Allegheny †January 13th, 1945, Boston

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Italian composer

*April 23rd, 1857, Naples †August 9th, 1919, Montecatini Terme

Edward Elgar

English composer (1857-1934)

*June 2nd, 1857, Lower Broadheath †February 23rd, 1934, Worcester

Alfred Binet

French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test

*July 8th, 1857, Nice †October 18th, 1911, Paris

Charles Scott Sherrington

English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952)

*November 27th, 1857, Islington †March 4th, 1952, Eastbourne

Julius Wagner-Jauregg

Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist

*March 7th, 1857, Wels †September 27th, 1940, Vienna

Theo Van Gogh

Dutch art dealer (1857–1891)

*May 1st, 1857, Zundert †January 25th, 1891, Utrecht

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 8th.

Parinirvana Day (some Mahayana Buddhism traditions; most celebrate on February 15)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parinirvana_Day

Prešeren Day (Slovenia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prešeren_Day

Propose Day (India)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propose_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VIII.II.MDCCCLVII

8.2.1857

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1857 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1857

February 1857

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5							1
6	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
7	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
8	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
9	23	24	25	26	27	28

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February 8th, 1857

Born on February 8th, 1857

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 61,000 days old!

61,075 Days

8,725 Weeks

2,006 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 8th?

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

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

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.

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

Local police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into a crowd of people who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.

A blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.

Over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.

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

Born on February 8th, 1857

Dutch orientalist

German church historian, archaeologist and theologian

Same Day Who's birthday is on February 8th?

Same year Born in 1857

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 8th

Cuthmann of Steyning

Elffled of Whitby

Gerolamo Emiliani

Josephine Bakhita

Juventius of Pavia

Mengold of Huy

Stephen of Muret

February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Parinirvana Day (some Mahayana Buddhism traditions; most celebrate on February 15)

Prešeren Day (Slovenia)

Propose Day (India)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

8.2.1857

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Age in days, weeks and months
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February 1857