Historical Events In February - 01

1837  On February - 01 typhus in United States  

1837  On this day in history 38 smallpox epidemic in Great Plains killing 17,000+ people  

1838  Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 on February - 01.  

1839  On this day in history james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)  

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

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

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

1841  William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium on February - 01.  

1844  Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen) on February - 01.  

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

1850  Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.  

1850  Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.  

1850  On February - 01 influenza in North America  

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

1851  Death of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, British author of Frankenstein on February - 01.  

1851  Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, dies at age 53 on February - 01.  

1851  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 on February - 01.  

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  On this day in history plague in Ottoman Empire  

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

1854  Fire destroys Parliament Buildings at Quebec; government transfers to Toronto; hastens the decision to move to Ottawa on February - 01.  

1854  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1856  Auburn University is chartered as the East Alabama Male College on this day in history.  

1857  Yellow fever in Portugal on February - 01.  

1857  Smallpox in Victoria, Australia on this day in history.  

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 February - 01.  

1859  On this day in history victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)  

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

1861  Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands on this day in history.  

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1261  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)  

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 February - 01.  

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  On February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer  

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  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 February - 01.  

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  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.