| 15211 | February 7 | Death | 2015 – Billy Casper, American golfer and architect (b. 1931) |
| 15212 | February 7 | Death | 2015 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (b. 1934) |
| 15213 | February 7 | Death | 2015 – Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (b. 1931) |
| 15214 | February 7 | Death | 2015 – John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (b. 1922) |
| 15215 | February 7 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Richard the PilgrimBlessed Eugénie SmetBlessed Pope Pius IXChrysoliusEgidio Maria of Saint JosephFebruary 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
| 15216 | February 7 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Grenada from the United Kingdom in 1974. |
| 15217 | February 8 | Event | 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. |
| 15218 | February 8 | Event | 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. |
| 15219 | February 8 | Event | 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah. |
| 15220 | February 8 | Event | 1347 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 ends with a power-sharing agreement between John VI Kantakouzenos and John V Palaiologos. |
| 15221 | February 8 | Event | 1575 – Leiden University is founded, and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis. |
| 15222 | February 8 | Event | 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. |
| 15223 | February 8 | Event | 1601 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I – the revolt is quickly crushed. |
| 15224 | February 8 | Event | 1693 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II. |
| 15225 | February 8 | Event | 1726 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia. |
| 15226 | February 8 | Event | 1807 – Battle of Eylau – Napoleon defeats Russians under General Bennigsen and the Prussians under L'Estocq |
| 15227 | February 8 | Event | 1817 – Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain. |
| 15228 | February 8 | Event | 1837 – Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate. |
| 15229 | February 8 | Event | 1855 – The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon. |
| 15230 | February 8 | Event | 1856 – Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei abolishes slavery in Wallachia. |
| 15231 | February 8 | Event | 1865 – In the United States, Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.) |
| 15232 | February 8 | Event | 1879 – Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute. |
| 15233 | February 8 | Event | 1879 – The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked during a riot during a match in Sydney. |
| 15234 | February 8 | Event | 1885 – The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii. |
| 15235 | February 8 | Event | 1887 – The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments. |
| 15236 | February 8 | Event | 1904 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War. |
| 15237 | February 8 | Event | 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. |
| 15238 | February 8 | Event | 1915 – D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles. |
| 15239 | February 8 | Event | 1922 – United States President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio set in the White House. |
| 15240 | February 8 | Event | 1924 – Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada. |