Page 2: Historical Events In February - 01

1720  On February - 01 sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty   

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 this day in history.   

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 February - 01 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   

1783  On this day in history william Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex   

1788  On February - 01 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 this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history 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  On February - 01 supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)   

1791  On this day in history charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

1793  On February - 01 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer   

1801  Bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history yellow fever in United States   

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

1807  William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on this day in history.   

1809  On February - 01 dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system   

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

1810  On this day in history seville, Spain surrenders to the French   

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1605  On February - 01 birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1204  On February - 01 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 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 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)