Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 8

February 8: Prešeren Day in Slovenia.

Queen Mary I of Scotland

• 1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots (pictured) was executed at Fotheringhay Castle on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England.

• 1849 - The Roman Republic was proclaimed.

• 1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began after a surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese on Russian ships near present-day Lüshunkou, China.

• 1971 - Trading began in NASDAQ, the world's first electronic stock exchange.

• 1979 - Colonel Denis Sassou Nguesso was chosen as the new President of the Republic of the Congo.

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