Page 2: Historical Events In February - 01

1720  On this day in history sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty   

1732  On this day in history parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions   

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on February - 01.   

1742  Sardinia & Austria sign alliance on February - 01.   

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

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

1757  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex on this day in history.   

1788  First US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet on February - 01.   

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

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

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

1790  On February - 01 supreme Court convenes for the first time   

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

1790  Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC) on this day in history.   

1791  Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder on this day in history.   

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 February - 01.   

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

1796  On this day in history the capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.   

1799  On this day in history 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  On this day in history adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer   

1801  Bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt on February - 01.   

1803  On February - 01 yellow fever in United States   

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

1807  William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on February - 01.   

1809  Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system on February - 01.   

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

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

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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  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

1552  On February - 01 birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on February - 01.   

1605  On this day in history birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

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 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 February - 01.   

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on February - 01.   

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