Today is Friday, February 8, the 39th day of 2019. There are 326 days left in the year.
1672 — Isaac Newton reads first optics paper before Royal Society in London
1690 — French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire
1776 — Wolfgang von Goethes' "Stella" premieres in Hamburg
1807 — Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau
1809 — Franz I of Austria declares war on France
1904 — Outbreak of hostilities in Russo-Japanese war
1909 — France and Germany sign treaty about Morocco
1910 — Boy Scouts of America incorporated
1672 — Isaac Newton reads first optics paper before Royal Society in London
1690 — French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire
1776 — Wolfgang von Goethes' "Stella" premieres in Hamburg
1807 — Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau
1809 — Franz I of Austria declares war on France
1904 — Outbreak of hostilities in Russo-Japanese war
1909 — France and Germany sign treaty about Morocco
1910 — Boy Scouts of America incorporated
