Historical Events In February - 01

1720  Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1732  Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions on this day in history.   

1733  On this day in history august II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62   

1742  On February - 01 sardinia & Austria sign alliance   

1743  On February - 01 giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85   

1747  On this day in history 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 February - 01 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 this day in history.   

1788  On February - 01 first US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet   

1788  1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet on February - 01.   

1789  Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long on February - 01.   

1789  On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer   

1790  On February - 01 supreme Court convenes for the first time   

1790  On this day in history supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York NY)   

1790  Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC) on this day in history.   

1791  Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder on February - 01.   

1793  France declares war on England & Netherlands on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen   

1795  Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66 on February - 01.   

1796  On this day in history capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York.   

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.   

1800  Yellow fever in Spain on February - 01.   

1801  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer on February - 01.   

1801  On February - 01 bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt   

1803  On February - 01 yellow fever in United States   

1805  Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader) on this day in history.   

1807  William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on February - 01.   

1809  Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system on this day in history.   

1810  On February - 01 first insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia)   

1810  Seville, Spain surrenders to the French on February - 01.   

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

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  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.   

0656  On this day in history sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25   

1204  On this day in history death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

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

1294  On February - 01 louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies   

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.   

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.