Historical Events In February - 01

1720  On February - 01 sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty  

1732  On February - 01 parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions  

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1742  On February - 01 sardinia & Austria sign alliance  

1743  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 on February - 01.  

1747  On February - 01 jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies  

1757  John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden) on this day in history.  

1763  Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America) on February - 01.  

1775  On February - 01 peasants in Bohemia revolt against servitude.  

1780  On February - 01 british Major John Graves Simcoe leads 200 of his Rangers in a foray into New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War  

1783  On this day in history william Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex  

1788  On this day in history first US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet  

1788  1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet on this day in history.  

1789  On February - 01 chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long  

1789  On February - 01 hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer  

1790  On this day in history supreme Court convenes for the first time  

1790  Supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York NY) on this day in history.  

1790  On this day in history supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)  

1791  On this day in history charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder  

1793  On February - 01 france declares war on England & Netherlands  

1793  On this day in history patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen  

1795  Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66 on February - 01.  

1796  Capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York on this day in history.  

1796  On February - 01 the capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.  

1799  On February - 01 royal Assent given to change the name of Ile St. Jean (St. John's Island) to Prince Edward Island.  

1800  Yellow fever in Spain on February - 01.  

1801  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer on February - 01.  

1801  On this day in history bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt  

1803  Yellow fever in United States on February - 01.  

1805  Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader) on this day in history.  

1807  William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system  

1810  First insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia) on February - 01.  

1810  Seville, Spain surrenders to the French on this day in history.  

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

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 February - 01 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 February - 01 birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)  

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on February - 01.  

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

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.  

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.  

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

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