February 8
BIRTHS
1191 Yaroslav II of Russia
1291 King Afonso IV of Portugal
1405 Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos of the Byzantine Empire
1487 Ulrich, Duke of Wurttemberg
1720 Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan
1792 Queen Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
1798 Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani & Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky {Georgia} {2009} (possibly separated or divorced now?)
EVENTS
421 Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
1952 Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
1960 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she & her family would be known as the House of Windsor, & that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
DEATHS
1204 Alexius IV Angelus, deposed Eastern Roman Emperor
1250 Robert I of Artois, French crusader
1265 Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler
1296 King Przemysl II of Poland
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots
1696 Tsar Ivan V of Russia
1725 Tsar Peter I of Russia
1772 Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales
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