Historical Events In February - 01

1837  On this day in history typhus in United States  

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

1838  On this day in history abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71  

1839  James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak) on this day in history.  

1839  On this day in history giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76  

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

1840  On February - 01 baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated  

1841  On this day in history william H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium  

1844  On February - 01 eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)  

1846  On February - 01 theophile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation  

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1850  Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on February - 01.  

1850  On February - 01 yellow fever in United States  

1850  Influenza in North America on February - 01.  

1851  Anti-transportation groups meet in Melbourne to lobby for permanent end to shipping of convicts to eastern Australian colonies on February - 01.  

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

1851  On this day in history mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, dies at age 53.  

1851  On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53  

1851  On this day in history cholera in United States  

1852  On February - 01 yellow fever in United States  

1852  Yellow fever in Argentina on February - 01.  

1853  On this day in history plague in Ottoman Empire  

1853  Cholera epidemic of Copenhagen 1853 in Copenhagen, Denmark killing 4,737 people on this day in history.  

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

1854  On this day in history broad Street cholera outbreak in England killing 616 people  

1855  Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.  

1855  Third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people on this day in history.  

1856  Auburn University is chartered as the East Alabama Male College on February - 01.  

1857  On this day in history yellow fever in Portugal  

1857  On this day in history smallpox in Victoria, Australia  

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  On February - 01 victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)  

1860  1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC on February - 01.  

1861  Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands on February - 01.  

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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  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)  

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on this day in history.  

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer  

1605  On this day in history birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic  

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

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

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

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on February - 01.  

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on this day in history.  

1294  On this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies  

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on February - 01.  

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