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

1742  Sardinia & Austria sign alliance on February - 01.   

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

1747  On this day in history jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies   

1757  John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden) on this day in history.   

1763  Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America) on this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 01 william Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex   

1788  On February - 01 first US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet   

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

1789  On this day in history chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long   

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

1790  On this day in history supreme Court convenes for the first time   

1790  On this day in history supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York NY)   

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

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

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

1793  Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen on February - 01.   

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  The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York on this day in history.   

1799  On February - 01 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 February - 01 adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer   

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

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

1810  First insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia) on this day in history.   

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

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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  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 this day in history.   

1633  On February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on February - 01.   

0656  On February - 01 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  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on February - 01.   

1294  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.