Historical Events In February - 01

1720  Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.  

1732  Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions on this day in history.  

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

1742  Sardinia & Austria sign alliance on this day in history.  

1743  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1747  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies on this day in history.  

1757  John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden) on February - 01.  

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

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

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

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

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

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 February - 01.  

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

1791  Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder on February - 01.  

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

1793  On February - 01 patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen  

1795  On February - 01 giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66  

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

1796  The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York on February - 01.  

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

1800  On this day in history yellow fever in Spain  

1801  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer on February - 01.  

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

1803  On this day in history yellow fever in United States  

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  On February - 01 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 February - 01.  

1459  On February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)  

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on this day in history.  

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

1603  On February - 01 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 February - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1502  On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies  

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)