Historical Events In February - 01

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on February - 01.  

0772  On this day in history adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

1204  On this day in history alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered  

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on February - 01.  

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

1327  Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer on this day in history.  

1328  On February - 01 charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies  

1502  On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies  

1539  Emperor Karel & King François I sign anti-English treaty on February - 01.  

1539  Emperor Karel & King Francois I sign anti-English treaty on this day in history.  

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) on this day in history.  

1563  Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.  

1587  English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuart's death sentence on this day in history.  

1587  On February - 01 english queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence  

1590  On February - 01 lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator  

1603  Michael Trumper, composer on this day in history.  

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic on this day in history.  

1633  On February - 01 gabriel Schutz, composer  

1650  Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking on this day in history.  

1659  Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) on February - 01.  

1662  On this day in history dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates  

1663  On this day in history the town of Quebec is rocked by an evening earthquake  

1666  On this day in history sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies  

1669  French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion on this day in history.  

1669  On February - 01 miguel Lopez, composer  

1669  On this day in history abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31  

1690  Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer on February - 01.  

1691  On February - 01 alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80  

1694  On February - 01 john L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73  

1709  Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez on February - 01.  

1710  On February - 01 konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)  

1713  The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized on this day in history.  

1717  Henri d'Aguesseau's first appointment as chancellor of France on this day in history.  

1717  On this day in history henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France  

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1261  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of michael Trumper, composer  

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on February - 01.  

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on February - 01.  

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

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on February - 01.  

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 February - 01.  

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.