February 8
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February in recent years
February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 326 days remaining until the end of the year (327 in leap years).
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1433 - Sofia Vitovtovna, present at her son Vasili II's wedding, recognized that Vasily the Cross-Eyed wore a golden belt which had formerly belonged to her father-in-law, Dmitry Donskoi. Accusing Vasili of stealing, she solemnly pulled the belt from the bewildered prince. Disgusted with such a greed on Sofia's part, Vasili's father Yury of Zvenigorod left the capital and declared war, starting the Great Feudal War in Muscovy
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1904 - Russian Crusier Variag on fire in Chemulpo harbour
External links
[edit ]- "On This Day". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved on 2015年06月22日.