Historical Events In February - 01

1837  On this day in history typhus in United States  

1837  On February - 01 38 smallpox epidemic in Great Plains killing 17,000+ people  

1838  On February - 01 abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71  

1839  On February - 01 james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)  

1839  Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on February - 01.  

1840  The first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD on February - 01.  

1840  On this day in history baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated  

1841  On February - 01 william H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium  

1844  Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen) on this day in history.  

1846  Theophile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation on February - 01.  

1850  On this day in history edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln  

1850  On February - 01 yellow fever in United States  

1850  On February - 01 influenza in North America  

1851  Anti-transportation groups meet in Melbourne to lobby for permanent end to shipping of convicts to eastern Australian colonies on this day in history.  

1851  Death of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, British author of Frankenstein on this day in history.  

1851  Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, dies at age 53 on this day in history.  

1851  On February - 01 mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53  

1851  On February - 01 cholera in United States  

1852  On this day in history yellow fever in United States  

1852  Yellow fever in Argentina on February - 01.  

1853  Plague in Ottoman Empire on February - 01.  

1853  Cholera epidemic of Copenhagen 1853 in Copenhagen, Denmark killing 4,737 people on February - 01.  

1854  On this day in history fire destroys Parliament Buildings at Quebec; government transfers to Toronto; hastens the decision to move to Ottawa  

1854  On February - 01 broad Street cholera outbreak in England killing 616 people  

1855  On February - 01 yellow fever in United States  

1855  Third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people on February - 01.  

1856  On this day in history auburn University is chartered as the East Alabama Male College.  

1857  Yellow fever in Portugal on February - 01.  

1857  Smallpox in Victoria, Australia on February - 01.  

1857  Influenza in Europe, North America, South America on February - 01.  

1858  Douglas Law goes into effect in British Columbia; miners required to buy licenses to search for gold in the Fraser Valley on this day in history.  

1859  Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) on February - 01.  

1860  1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC on this day in history.  

1861  On February - 01 dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands  

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

1459  On February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)  

1462  On this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)  

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  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  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on February - 01.  

1248  On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on February - 01.  

1328  On this day in history charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies  

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