Page 2: Historical Events In February - 01

1720  On February - 01 sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty   

1732  Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions on February - 01.   

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

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

1775  On this day in history 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 February - 01.   

1783  William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex on this day in history.   

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

1793  France declares war on England & Netherlands on February - 01.   

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  Capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York on February - 01.   

1796  On February - 01 the capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.   

1799  On February - 01 royal Assent given to change the name of Ile St. Jean (St. John's Island) to Prince Edward Island.   

1800  On this day in history yellow fever in Spain   

1801  On this day in history adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer   

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

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

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

1807  William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on February - 01.   

1809  On February - 01 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 this day in history.   

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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  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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

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

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on February - 01.   

1204  On February - 01 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 this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies   

1328  On February - 01 charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies   

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

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)