Historical Events In February - 01

1837  Typhus in United States on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1840  Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated on this day in history.   

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

1844  On this day in history eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)   

1846  Theophile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation on this day in history.   

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

1850  Yellow fever in United States on February - 01.   

1850  On February - 01 influenza in North America   

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

1851  On February - 01 death of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, British author of Frankenstein.   

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

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

1851  Cholera in United States on February - 01.   

1852  Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.   

1852  On February - 01 yellow fever in Argentina   

1853  On February - 01 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  Broad Street cholera outbreak in England killing 616 people on February - 01.   

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

1855  On this day in history third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people   

1856  On February - 01 auburn University is chartered as the East Alabama Male College.   

1857  Yellow fever in Portugal on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history smallpox in Victoria, Australia   

1857  On February - 01 influenza in Europe, North America, South America   

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

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

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

1861  On February - 01 dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands   

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

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

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  Michael Trumper, composer was born on February - 01.   

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on February - 01.   

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

1328  On February - 01 charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies   

1502  On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies   

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.