Historical Events In February - 01

1861  Texas votes to secede from the Union on February - 01.   

1862  Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of the Republic" on this day in history.   

1862  On February - 01 julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic"   

1863  On February - 01 fourth cholera pandemic in Middle East killing 600,000 people   

1864  2nd German-Danish war begins on February - 01.   

1864  On this day in history austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein   

1864  On February - 01 battle of Yazoo River, Mississippi   

1864  -Feb 8th] Battle of Yazoo River, MS on February - 01.   

1865  13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day) on February - 01.   

1865  On February - 01 general Sherman's march through South Carolina begins   

1865  On this day in history jS Rock, first black lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar   

1865  Cholera in Egypt on this day in history.   

1866  Cholera in Russia, Germany on this day in history.   

1867  On February - 01 bricklayers start working 8-hour days   

1867  Measles in Australia on February - 01.   

1867  Plague in Iraq on February - 01.   

1869  Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap) on February - 01.   

1869  Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 on February - 01.   

1870  On February - 01 founding of the Quebec Provincial Police force.   

1870  Smallpox in Germany on February - 01.   

1871  Jefferson Long of Georgia is first black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates) on February - 01.   

1871  Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Reps (opposing leniency to former Confederates) on February - 01.   

1871  On February - 01 alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51   

1872  On February - 01 the birth of Paul Fort, French poet.   

1872  Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose on this day in history.   

1873  On February - 01 clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory)   

1873  On February - 01 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies   

1874  On February - 01 hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist   

1875  On February - 01 eddie Pola, composer (Lullabye of Broadway)   

1875  On this day in history william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58   

1875  Fiji Measles outbreak in Fiji killing 40,000 people on February - 01.   

1877  Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer on this day in history.   

1877  Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 on February - 01.   

1877  On February - 01 plague in Russian Empire   

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1261  On February - 01 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 February - 01.   

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

1603  On this day in history birth of michael Trumper, composer   

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  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on this day in history.   

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on this day in history.   

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  On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies   

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on February - 01.   

1563  On February - 01 death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)