Historical Events In February - 01

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 February - 01 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  Emperor Karel & King François I sign anti-English treaty on February - 01.  

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

1552  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1590  Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator on February - 01.  

1603  On February - 01 michael Trumper, composer  

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

1633  On this day in history gabriel Schutz, composer  

1650  Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking on February - 01.  

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

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

1663  On February - 01 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 this day in history.  

1669  On February - 01 french King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion  

1669  On this day in history miguel Lopez, composer  

1669  Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31 on this day in history.  

1690  On this day in history francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer  

1691  On this day in history 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  Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez on February - 01.  

1710  On this day in history konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)  

1713  On February - 01 the Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.  

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

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

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on February - 01.  

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on February - 01.  

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer  

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

0656  On February - 01 sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25  

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

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

1294  On February - 01 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 February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies  

1542  On this day in history death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)  

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