Historical Events In February - 01

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

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

1733  On February - 01 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 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 February - 01 thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)  

1775  Peasants in Bohemia revolt against servitude on February - 01.  

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  

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1783  On February - 01 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  On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer  

1790  Supreme Court convenes for the first time on February - 01.  

1790  On February - 01 supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York NY)  

1790  Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC) on February - 01.  

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

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

1793  Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen on this day in history.  

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

1796  On February - 01 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 February - 01.  

1800  Yellow fever in Spain on this day in history.  

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

1801  On February - 01 bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt  

1803  On February - 01 yellow fever in United States  

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

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

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

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

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  On February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer  

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 February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on February - 01.  

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 February - 01.  

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.