Historical Events In February - 01

1720  Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty on February - 01.  

1732  On February - 01 parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions  

1733  On February - 01 august II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62  

1742  On February - 01 sardinia & Austria sign alliance  

1743  On February - 01 giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85  

1747  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies on February - 01.  

1757  On February - 01 john P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)  

1763  On this day in history thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)  

1775  Peasants in Bohemia revolt against servitude on this day in history.  

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  On February - 01 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet  

1789  Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long on February - 01.  

1789  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer on February - 01.  

1790  Supreme Court convenes for the first time on this day in history.  

1790  Supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York NY) on February - 01.  

1790  On February - 01 supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)  

1791  On February - 01 charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder  

1793  France declares war on England & Netherlands on this day in history.  

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

1795  Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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  Royal Assent given to change the name of Ile St. Jean (St. John's Island) to Prince Edward Island on this day in history.  

1801  On February - 01 adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer  

1805  On February - 01 auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)  

1807  On February - 01 william Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867  

1809  Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system on this day in history.  

1810  On this day in history first insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia)  

1810  On February - 01 seville, Spain surrenders to the French  

1810  US Population - 7,239,881; Black population - 1,377,808 (19%) on February - 01.  

1810  On February - 01 1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila)  

1810  Charles Lenox Remond, Salem Mass, famous black on February - 01.  

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

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 February - 01.  

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer  

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

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on February - 01.  

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.  

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 February - 01 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 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 this day in history.  

1542  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)  

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