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 February - 01.  

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

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

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

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 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 February - 01.  

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

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

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) on February - 01.  

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

1587  English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuart's death sentence on February - 01.  

1587  On this day in history english queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence  

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

1603  Michael Trumper, composer on this day in history.  

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

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  The town of Quebec is rocked by an evening earthquake on this day in history.  

1666  On February - 01 sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies  

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

1669  On this day in history miguel Lopez, composer  

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

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

1691  Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80 on February - 01.  

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

1459  On this day in history birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)  

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

1552  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)  

0656  On February - 01 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  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.  

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  

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

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.