Page 2: Historical Events In February - 01

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

1732  On February - 01 parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions   

1733  On this day in history august II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62   

1742  Sardinia & Austria sign alliance on February - 01.   

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  On this day in history john P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Supreme Court convenes for the first time on February - 01.   

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

1793  On this day in history france declares war on England & Netherlands   

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

1795  On this day in history giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66   

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

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

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.   

1800  Yellow fever in Spain on this day in history.   

1801  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer on this day in history.   

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

1803  Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.   

1805  Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader) on February - 01.   

1807  On this day in history william Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867   

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

1810  On February - 01 first insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia)   

1810  Seville, Spain surrenders to the French on February - 01.   

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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  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on this day in history.   

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1633  On February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)   

0656  On this day in history sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25   

1204  On this day in history death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  On this day in history hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies   

1294  On February - 01 louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies   

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 February - 01.   

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

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