Historical Events In February - 01
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
0656 Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on February - 01. 

0772 Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history. 

1204 Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on this day in history. 

1248 On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies 

1294 Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on February - 01. 

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 February - 01. 

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

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

1539 On this day in history emperor Karel & King François I sign anti-English treaty 

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

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 On February - 01 english queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuart's death sentence 

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

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

1603 On February - 01 michael Trumper, composer 

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

1633 Gabriel Schutz, composer on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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 On February - 01 sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies 

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

1669 On February - 01 miguel Lopez, composer 

1669 Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31 on February - 01. 

1690 On February - 01 francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer 

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 this day in history. 

1709 On this day in history 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 February - 01. 

1717 Henri d'Aguesseau's first appointment as chancellor of France on February - 01. 

1717 Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France on this day in history. 

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