Historical Events In February - 01
Friday, 02 January 2026
0656 On February - 01 sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 

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

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 February - 01. 

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

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

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

1563 On February - 01 menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) 

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 this day in history lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator 

1603 On this day in history michael Trumper, composer 

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

1633 On February - 01 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 Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates on this day in history. 

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 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 February - 01. 

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

1694 On this day in history john L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73 

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

1710 Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz) on February - 01. 

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

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

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