Historical Events In February - 01

1720  On February - 01 sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty  

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

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on February - 01.  

1742  On February - 01 sardinia & Austria sign alliance  

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

1747  On February - 01 jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies  

1757  John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden) on February - 01.  

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

1789  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer on this day in history.  

1790  Supreme Court convenes for the first time on this day in history.  

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

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.  

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

1805  On February - 01 auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)  

1807  On February - 01 william Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867  

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  Seville, Spain surrenders to the French on this day in history.  

1810  US Population - 7,239,881; Black population - 1,377,808 (19%) on February - 01.  

1810  1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila) on February - 01.  

1810  On February - 01 charles Lenox Remond, Salem Mass, famous black  

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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  On February - 01 birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)  

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on February - 01.  

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

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on February - 01.  

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

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  On February - 01 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  On February - 01 death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)