Historical Events In February - 01

1720  Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions   

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on February - 01.   

1742  On February - 01 sardinia & Austria sign alliance   

1743  On this day in history giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85   

1747  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies on February - 01.   

1757  John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden) on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)   

1775  On February - 01 peasants in Bohemia revolt against servitude.   

1780  British Major John Graves Simcoe leads 200 of his Rangers in a foray into New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War on this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history william Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex   

1788  First US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet on February - 01.   

1788  1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long   

1789  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer on February - 01.   

1790  Supreme Court convenes for the first time on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York NY)   

1790  Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC) on this day in history.   

1791  Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder on this day in history.   

1793  France declares war on England & Netherlands on February - 01.   

1793  Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen on February - 01.   

1795  On February - 01 giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66   

1796  Capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York on this day in history.   

1796  On February - 01 the capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.   

1799  On February - 01 royal Assent given to change the name of Ile St. Jean (St. John's Island) to Prince Edward Island.   

1800  On this day in history yellow fever in Spain   

1801  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer on this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt   

1803  On this day in history yellow fever in United States   

1805  On this day in history auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)   

1807  On this day in history william Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867   

1809  Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history first insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia)   

1810  Seville, Spain surrenders to the French on February - 01.   

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1261  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

1459  On February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)   

1462  On this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

1552  On February - 01 birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on February - 01.   

1605  On February - 01 birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  On February - 01 birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)   

0656  On this day in history sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25   

1204  On February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  On this day in history hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies   

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

1328  On this day in history charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies   

1502  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on this day in history.   

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on February - 01.   

1563  On February - 01 death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)