Editing February 8 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1601]] &ndash; [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], [[Essex's Rebellion|unsuccessfully rebels]] against Queen Elizabeth I.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shakespeare |first1=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udkmAQAAMAAJ |title=The Riverside Shakespeare |last2=Evans |first2=Gwynne Blakemore |date=December 31, 1996 |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin]] |isbn=978-0395858226 |editor-last=Tobin |editor-first=Joseph Jay |edition=2nd |page=84 |language=en |access-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128095202/https://books.google.com/books?id=udkmAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-06 |title=Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex {{!}} English Soldier, Courtier & Politician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Devereux-2nd-earl-of-Essex |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2020-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731044405/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Devereux-2nd-earl-of-Essex |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1693]] &ndash; The [[College of William & Mary]] in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]], the [[Colonial colleges|second-oldest institution]] of [[higher education]] in the [[Thirteen Colonies]], is granted a charter by [[William III of England|King William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Queen Mary II]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History & Traditions |url=https://www.wm.edu/about/history/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=[[College of William & Mary]] |language=en |archive-date=2018-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106182953/https://www.wm.edu/about/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Napoleon]] defeats the [[War of the Fourth Coalition|coalition forces]] of [[Russian Empire|Russian General]] [[Levin August, Count von Bennigsen|Bennigsen]] and [[Prussia|Prussian General]] [[Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq|L'Estocq]] at the [[Battle of Eylau]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Book of Dates; Or, Treasury of Universal Reference: ... New and Revised Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxJXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA570|year=1866|publisher=C. Griffin & Company|pages=570|access-date=2021-02-08|archive-date=2024-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128095258/https://books.google.com/books?id=vxJXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA570#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Battle of Eylau {{!}} Summary |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Eylau |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2015-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905150600/https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Eylau |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Army of the Andes|An army]] led by [[Grand marshal|Grand Marshal]] [[Juan Gregorio de las Heras|Las Heras]] [[crossing of the Andes|crosses the Andes]] to join [[José de San Martín|San Martín]] in the [[Chilean War of Independence|liberation of Chile]] from [[Spanish Empire|Spain]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Fernández |first=José B. |title=José de San Martín: Latin America's Quiet Hero |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cFmUmwGTCeQC |year=1994 |publisher=[[Millbrook Press]] |isbn=978-1-56294-383-7 |page=23 |access-date=2021-02-08 |archive-date=2024-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128095203/https://books.google.com/books?id=cFmUmwGTCeQC |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Army of the Andes {{!}} Liberation, San Martín & Chile |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Army-of-the-Andes |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309110238/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Army-of-the-Andes |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Richard Mentor Johnson|Richard Johnson]] becomes the first and only [[Vice President of the United States]] chosen by the [[United States Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: The Senate Elects a Vice President |url=https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/vice-president/senate-elects-vice-president.htm |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[US Senate]] |archive-date=2023-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331101939/https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/vice-president/senate-elects-vice-president.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-04 |title=Richard M. Johnson (1837–1841) |url=https://millercenter.org/president/vanburen/essays/johnson-1837-vicepresident |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Miller Center]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128095239/https://millercenter.org/president/vanburen/essays/johnson-1837-vicepresident |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Delaware]] refuses to ratify the [[Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]], delaying the [[Slavery in the United States|criminalization of slavery]] until the amendment's national adoption on December 6, 1865.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-11 |title=Which Side of Black History is Delaware on? |url=https://www.aclu-de.org/en/news/which-side-black-history-delaware |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[ACLU|ACLU Delaware]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531201550/https://www.aclu-de.org/en/news/which-side-black-history-delaware |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 13 – 'The Abolition of Slavery' |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/constitutional-amendments-amendment-13-abolition-slavery |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005053628/https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/constitutional-amendments-amendment-13-abolition-slavery |url-status=live }}</ref> The amendment is ultimately ratified by Delaware on February 12, 1901, the 92nd anniversary of [[Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln's]] birth.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-06-19 |title=What is Juneteenth? |url=https://www.ywcade.org/juneteenth/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[YMCA|YWCA Delaware]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005053627/https://www.ywcade.org/juneteenth/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Today in History - February 12 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/february-12/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Library of Congress]] |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005055546/https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/february-12/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Sandford Fleming]] first proposes the adoption of [[Universal Standard Time]] at a meeting of the [[Royal Canadian Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir Sandford Fleming, the Father of Standard Time |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/sir-sandford-fleming-1991817 |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[ThoughtCo]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005053627/https://www.thoughtco.com/sir-sandford-fleming-1991817 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-04-03 |title=Honorary Member: Sandford Fleming |url=https://rasc.ca/honorary-member-sandford-fleming |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Royal Astronomical Society of Canada]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005053627/https://rasc.ca/honorary-member-sandford-fleming |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1879   &ndash; [[England cricket team|England's cricket team]], led by [[George Harris, 4th Baron Harris|Lord Harris]], is [[Sydney Riot of 1879|attacked in a riot during a match]] in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article885753|work=[[The Courier-Mail|The Brisbane Courier]]|title=Lord Harris and the Sydney Cricketers!|page=3|date=30 May 1879|access-date=26 February 2021|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109232028/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/885753|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; The first [[Japanese in Hawaii|Japanese immigrants]] arrive in [[Hawaiian Kingdom|Hawaii]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Japanese Immigrants Arrive in Hawaii |url=https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/japanese-immigrants-arrive-hawaii |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[National Geographic]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109231926/https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/japanese-immigrants-arrive-hawaii/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tomizo and Tokujiro |url=https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/tomizo-and-tokujiro-the-first-japanese-mormons/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[BYU Studies Quarterly]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005053628/https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/tomizo-and-tokujiro-the-first-japanese-mormons/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; The [[Dawes Act]] is enacted, authorizing the [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] to divide [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribal land into [[List of Indian reservations in the United States|individual allotments]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-09 |title=Dawes Act (1887) |url=https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dawes-act |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[US National Archives]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014173752/https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dawes-act |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History – ILTF |url=https://iltf.org/land-issues/history/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Indian Land Tenure Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109232506/https://iltf.org/land-issues/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dawes General Allotment Act {{!}} History, Significance, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dawes-General-Allotment-Act |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922055540/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dawes-General-Allotment-Act |url-status=live }}</ref>