Page 2: Historical Events In February - 01

1720  On February - 01 sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty   

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

1733  On February - 01 august II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62   

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

1743  On February - 01 giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85   

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

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  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 February - 01.   

1788  First US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet on February - 01.   

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 February - 01 hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer   

1790  On February - 01 supreme Court convenes for the first time   

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

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  France declares war on England & Netherlands on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen   

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

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 February - 01.   

1801  On February - 01 adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer   

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

1803  Yellow fever in United States on February - 01.   

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 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  On February - 01 seville, Spain surrenders to the French   

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1261  On this day in history birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

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

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on February - 01.   

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies   

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 February - 01.