What happened on February 8?

43 sourced historical events are currently published for February 8. Browse the chronology below or filter this date by place and event type. This collection is expanding, not an exhaustive account of the day.

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The published February 8 chronology runs from 1593 to 2025, a span of 432 years. It contains 43 sourced records across 32 countries and 5 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.

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  • United States · 5 records
  • Australia · 3 records
  • France · 2 records
  • Greece · 2 records
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February 8 historical events

1593 — Siege of Pyongyang (1593)

The siege of Pyongyang was a military conflict fought between the allied Ming-Joseon army and the Japanese First Division under Konishi Yukinaga, who were besieged in the city of Pyongyang. The battle ended in victory for the allies although remnants of the Japanese forces successfully escaped from the city in the night of 8 February 1593.

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1659 — Battle of Myadel

Battle of Myadel was a battle of the Russo-Polish War (1654–67) which took place on February 8, 1659 near the Belarusian town of Myadzel. The Russian army of Novgorod led by Ivan Khovansky defeated the Polish–Lithuanians led by Mikołaj Judycki and Władysław Wołłowicz. As a result, the Polish-Lithuanian army retreated to the safety of the walls of Lyakhovichi.

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1709 — Battle of Oposhnya

The Battle of Oposhnya was a battle which took place on February 8, 1709 during the Swedish invasion of Russia in the Great Northern War. After the costly siege of Veprik the Swedes under Charles XII of Sweden started an offensive against the Russian army in the area. The intention of this offensive was not clear to the Russians, as they subsequently had to spread their main forces out to cover possible attack directions. One of these were the troops under Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov positioned at Oposhnya on the river Vorskla to block any attempt by the Swedes to cross the river.

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1743 — Battle of Campo Santo

The Battle of Campo Santo was fought in Campo Santo, Italy on 8 February 1743 between Spain and Austria, as part of the War of the Austrian Succession. The Spaniards and their Neapolitan allies under General De Gages were fought to a standstill by the Austrians and their Sardinian allies under Field Marshal Traun on the Panaro. The Spanish sustained heavy casualties, but as darkness fell, Traun ordered a general retreat; de Gages, rather than pursue, himself drew back over the river.

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1863 — Battle of Słupcza

The Battle of Slupcza took place on February 8, 1863, near the village of Slupcza, Congress Poland, during the January Uprising. Up to 100 Polish insurgents commanded by Leon Frankowski and Antoni Zdanowicz clashed on that day with a unit of the Imperial Russian Army. The skirmish was won by the Russians. In late January 1863, an insurgent unit, which was concentrated in Kurow, was forced to leave the town under Russian pressure. Polish unit marched to Sandomierz, but decided not to enter this town, and clashed with Russians near Slupcza. The Russians attacked with two infantry companies and a Cossack unit, defeating main insurgent force.

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1871 — French legislative election, 1871

Legislative elections were held in France on 8 February 1871 to elect the first legislature of the French Third Republic, the unicameral National Assembly. The elections were held during an explosive situation in the country, as following the Franco-Prussian War, 43 departments were occupied. As a result, all public meetings were outlawed and Paris was the only city where an election campaign took place. The electoral law allowed candidates to run in more than one seat at a time. As a result, several candidates were elected in more than one seat, with Adolphe Thiers elected in 86 constituencies.

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1881 — Battle of Schuinshoogte

Battle of Schuinshoogte, also known as Battle of Ingogo, was fought north of Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, on 8 February 1881 during the First Boer War. General Sir George Pomeroy Colley's communications with Newcastle were under constant harassment by mounted Boer patrols under Commander J D Weilbach after the Battle of Laing's Nek (another British defeat) and as a result he planned to clear a path along the Newcastle-Mount Prospect road to better protect the British supply line, and receive fresh reinforcements he needed to bolster his ranks. At roughly 9 a.m. he left the Mount Prospect camp with a force consisting mostly of infantrymen.

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1904 — Battle of Port Arthur

The Battle of Port Arthur (Japanese: 旅順口海戦 Hepburn: Ryojunkō Kaisen) of 8–9 February 1904 (Monday February 8 - Tuesday February 9) marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. It began with a surprise night attack by a squadron of Japanese destroyers on the Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur, Manchuria, and continued with an engagement of major surface combatants the following morning; further skirmishing off Port Arthur would continue until May 1904. The battle itself ended inconclusively, though the war itself ended in a decisive Japanese victory.

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1911 — Batman by-election, 1911

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Batman on 8 February 1911. This was triggered by the death of Labour MP Henry Beard. The by-election was won by Labour candidate Frank Brennan.

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1921 — South African general election, 1921

The 1921 South African general election was held for the 134 seats in the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, on 8 February 1921. The South African Party, which since the previous election had fused with the Unionist Party, won an absolute majority.

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1923 — Whitechapel and St George's by-election, 1923

The Whitechapel and St Georges by-election, 1923 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Whitechapel and St Georges on 8 February 1923.

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1931 — Guatemalan general election, 1931

General elections were held in Guatemala between 6 and 8 February 1931. In the presidential election Jorge Ubico was elected unopposed, after the remaining sector of the old Liberal Party did not object to his candidacy, whilst the Conservative Party was too disorganised and discredited from the Lázaro Chacón González era to put forward a candidate.

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1942 — 1942 Portuguese presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 8 February 1942. Óscar Carmona ran unopposed and was reelected for a third term.

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1948 — Costa Rican general election, 1948

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 8 February 1948. Otilio Ulate Blanco of the National Union Party won the presidential election with 55.3% of the vote, although the elections were deemed fraudulent and annulled by Congress, leading to the Costa Rican Civil War later that year. Following the war, the results of the parliamentary election were also annulled.

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1951 — 1951 Gold Coast general election

General elections were held in Gold Coast on 8 February 1951. Although elections had been held for the Legislative Council since 1925, the Council did not have complete control over the legislation, and the voting franchise was limited to residents of urban areas meeting property requirements and the councils of chiefs.

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1962 — Charonne subway massacre

The massacre at the Charonne metro station of 8 February 1962 was an incident that took place around and in the Charonne metro station in Paris, during a demonstration against the Secret Armed Organization (OAS) and the Algerian War, which resulted in the death of nine people crushed in the doorway of the metro station.

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1967 — 1967 Australian Labor Party leadership election

A leadership election in the Australian Labor Party, then the opposition party in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 8 February 1967. It followed the resignation of previous leader Arthur Calwell. The contest was won by Calwell's deputy Gough Whitlam in a caucus ballot.

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1968 — Orangeburg Massacre

The Orangeburg Massacre was a shooting of student protesters on Thursday February 8, 1968, on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. Nine highway patrolmen and one city police officer opened fire on a crowd of African American students, killing three and injuring twenty-eight. The shootings were the culmination of a series of protests against de facto racial segregation at a local bowling alley, marking the first instance of police killing student protestors at an American university. Two days before the shootings, student activists had been arrested for a sit-in at the segregated All-Star Bowling Lane.

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1971 — Siahkal incident

The Siahkal incident (Persian: واقعه سیاهکل) or Siahkal movement (Persian: جنبش سیاهکل) was a pivotal armed raid conducted on 8 February 1971 by members of the Fadaiyan-e-Khalq, an underground Iranian Marxist–Leninist guerrilla organization. Executed by a specialized clandestine cell known as the "Jungle Group" (Gorooh-e Jangal), the operation targeted a regional gendarmerie outpost in the forests of Gilan province.

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1978 — Syrian presidential election, 1978

Presidential elections were held in Syria on 8 February 1978. There was only one candidate, Hafez al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candicacy. A reported 99.9% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 97%.

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1981 — 2nd Yokohama Film Festival

The 2nd Yokohama Film Festival (第2回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 8 February 1981 in Keihin Film Theatre, Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan.

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1998 — 19th Yokohama Film Festival

The 19th Yokohama Film Festival (第19回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 8 February 1998 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

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1998 — Cypriot presidential election, 1998

Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 8 February 1998, with a second round on 15 February. The result was a victory for Glafcos Clerides of the Democratic Rally after he finished as runner-up behind George Iacovou (who was supported by AKEL and the Democratic Party) in the first round. Voter turnout was 91.7% in the first round and 93.4% in the second.

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2000 — Greek presidential election, 2000

An indirect election for the position of President of the Hellenic Republic was held by the Hellenic Parliament on 8 February 2000. Incumbent President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was elected on the first ballot with 269 votes out of 298, with the support of the two major parties, the ruling PASOK and New Democracy, against 10 votes for Synaspismos' candidate Leonidas Kyrkos. The 19 MPs of the Communist Party of Greece and DIKKI voted "present", and two were absent. Stephanopoulos' re-election to the presidency marked the first time in the history of the Third Hellenic Republic that the ruling party and the main opposition party both supported the same candidate, as well as the first time that an incumbent President was re-elected.

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2003 — ROH One Year Anniversary Show

ROH One Year Anniversary Show was the first ROH Anniversary Show professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on February 8, 2003 at the Elks Lodge in Queens, New York.

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2005 — Greek presidential election, 2005

An indirect election for the position of President of the Hellenic Republic was held by the Hellenic Parliament on 8 February 2005. Running unopposed, veteran PASOK politician and former Foreign Minister of Greece Karolos Papoulias was elected on the first ballot with the record number of 279 votes, with 163 MPs of the ruling New Democracy party, 114 MPs of PASOK and two independent MPs voting in support, four MPs absent, while the 17 MPs of Synaspismos and the Communist Party of Greece voted "present". He was sworn in on 12 March 2005, succeeding Konstantinos Stephanopoulos.

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2005 — 2005 Manihiki by-election

The 2005 Manihiki by-election was a by-election in the Cook Islands electorate of Manihiki. It was held on 8 February 2005, shortly after the 2004 general election, and was precipitated by an electoral petition finding the result in the seat to be a dead tie. Both parties to the petition, Prime Minister Robert Woonton and Cook Islands Party leader Henry Puna had agreed that in the event of a draw the question should be decided by the voters, and so Woonton resigned.

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2008 — Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2008

A parliamentary election was held in Djibouti on 8 February 2008. There were 65 candidates running for the 65 seats in the National Assembly, with all of the candidates coming from the ruling coalition, the Union for the Presidential Majority (UMP). The opposition boycotted the election, and the UMP won all 65 seats. In boycotting the election, the opposition complained that the electoral system guaranteed victory for the UMP; in the previous January 2003 parliamentary election, the UMP won all 65 seats even though the opposition won 38% of the vote. The opposition unsuccessfully demanded that proportional representation be introduced.

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2012 — 2012 Kapisa airstrike

The 2012 Kapisa airstrike refers to a NATO air raid in which seven children and one adult were killed in a village in Nijrab District of Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. The strike took place on 8 February 2012.

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2012 — Battle of Tinzaouaten (2012)

On 8 February 2012, rebel forces from the separatist National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) attacked a military outpost in Tinzaouaten located near the Algeria–Mali border. The battle led to the capture of the commune by MNLA rebels. A Malian government statement was released the following day declaring a "strategic retreat" from its base in Tinzaouaten. A Malian soldier was killed.

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2013 — Battle of Djicoroni

On February 8, 2013, fighting broke out between the Red Berets of Mali's 33rd Parachute Commando Regiment and the Green Berets in the military camp in Djicoroni, Bamako, Mali. The Red Berets supported the regime of Amadou Toumani Touré, who was overthrown in a coup led by Amadou Sanogo and supported by the Green Berets in 2012.

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2014 — Griffith by-election, 2014

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Griffith occurred on Saturday 8 February 2014. Terri Butler retained the seat for Labor with a 51.8 (−1.2) percent two-party vote against Liberal National Party candidate Bill Glasson.

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2015 — 2015 New Politics Alliance for Democracy leadership election

The New Politics Alliance for Democracy held a leadership election on 8 February 2015. It was an election held in about six months since Kim Han-gil and Ahn Cheol-soo, who were NPAD's co-leaders, resigned on 31 July 2014.

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2017 — 2017 Somali presidential election

Indirect presidential elections were held in Somalia on 8 February 2017. Members of parliament elected in the autumn-2016 parliamentary election elected former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to the post of President of Somalia for a four-year term. The presidential elections had been planned for August 2016 and promised to be a one-person, one-vote national poll, but had been postponed several times and shifted to an electoral college system due to security concerns.

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2018 — MLW Road To The World Championship

Road To The World Championship was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW), which took place on February 8, 2018 at the Gilt Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The event featured the opening round of a tournament for the reinstated MLW World Heavyweight Championship. Twelve professional wrestling matches were contested at the card. The main event was a hardcore match between Darby Allin and Sami Callihan, which Allin won.

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2020 — UFC 247

UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 8, 2020, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, United States.

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2020 — 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Voters turnout was recorded at 62.82%, a decline of 4.65% from the previous assembly election in Delhi but 2.2% more than the 2019 Indian general election in Delhi. The term of the assembly elected in 2015 expired on 22 February 2020.

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2022 — 2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup d'état allegations

On February 8, 2022, Félix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reported a coup d'état. The reports of a coup emerged when Tshisekedi was attending the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, of which he is the chairperson. The reports caused Tshisekedi to leave the summit early to deal with the internal conflict in his country.

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2023 — Laval daycare bus crash

On February 8, 2023, bus driver Pierre Ny St-Amand deliberately crashed Société de transport de Laval (STL) bus into a daycare in Laval, Quebec, Canada, killing two children and injuring six others. St-Amand was quickly subdued by bystanders and arrested. Trauma support was provided to affected families and residents. Quebec Premier François Legault and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the area to pay respects in the days following the incident. St-Amand, a father of two with no prior criminal record, was arrested on eight charges. A Quebec Superior Court ordered a psychiatric evaluation to assess his mental state during the crash.

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2024 — 2024 Pakistani general election

General elections, originally scheduled to be held in 2023, were held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the 16th National Assembly. The Election Commission of Pakistan announced the detailed schedule on 15 December 2023. The elections were held following two years of political unrest after Prime Minister Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was removed from office by a no-confidence motion.

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2024 — 2024 Pakistani general election in Faisalabad

General elections were held in Faisalabad on 8 February 2024 to elect the 4 members of 15th National Assembly from Faisalabad. Independent candidates backed by the PTI won all four seats.

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2024 — 2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses

The 2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 8, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. Although the United States Virgin Islands will not participate in the 2024 presidential general election because it is a U.S. territory and not a state, it equally participated in the U.S. presidential caucuses and primaries.

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2025 — SuperFight 6

SuperFight 6 was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It took place on February 8, 2025, at the Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia. It was the sixth event under the SuperFight chronology. The event streamed live on MLW's YouTube channel, with additional matches being taped for the Intimidation Games special, which aired on March 8 on Bein Sports USA and YouTube.

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