Historical Events In February - 01

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on this day in history.  

0772  On February - 01 adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

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

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

1294  On February - 01 louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies  

1327  On February - 01 teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.  

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.  

1539  On February - 01 emperor Karel & King François I sign anti-English treaty  

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

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

1563  On this day in history menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)  

1587  On this day in history english queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuart's death sentence  

1587  English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence on February - 01.  

1590  Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator on this day in history.  

1603  Michael Trumper, composer on February - 01.  

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

1633  On this day in history gabriel Schutz, composer  

1650  On this day in history rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking  

1659  On February - 01 jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)  

1662  Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates on this day in history.  

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

1666  Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies on February - 01.  

1669  On this day in history french King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion  

1669  Miguel Lopez, composer on this day in history.  

1669  On February - 01 abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31  

1690  Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer on this day in history.  

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

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

1709  On February - 01 alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez  

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  On this day in history henri d'Aguesseau's first appointment as chancellor of France  

1717  On February - 01 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  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on February - 01.  

1552  On this day in history birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)  

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

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

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

1635  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)  

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on this day in history.  

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

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on this day in history.  

1294  On this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies  

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

1502  On this day in history olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies  

1542  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)  

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