Page 2: Historical Events In February - 01

1732  Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions   

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62   

1742  Sardinia and Austria sign alliance.   

1743  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85   

1747  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies   

1757  John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)   

1763  Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America).   

1775  Peasants in Bohemia revolt against servitude   

1780  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   

1788  inaugural US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet   

1788  1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet   

1789  Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long   

1789  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer   

1790  Supreme Court convenes for the inaugural time.   

1790  Supreme Court convenes for the inaugural time (New York NY).   

1790  Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC).   

1791  Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder.   

1793  France declares war on England and Netherlands   

1793  Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk and linen   

1795  Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66   

1796  Capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York.   

1796  The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York   

1799  Royal Assent given to change the name of Ile St. Jean (St. John's Island) to Prince Edward Island   

1800  Yellow fever in Spain.   

1801  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer.   

1801  Bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt   

1803  Yellow fever in United States   

1805  Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)   

1807  William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867   

1809  Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system.   

1810  inaugural insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia)   

1810  Seville, Spain surrenders to the French   

1810  US Population - 7239881; Black population - 1377808 (19%).   

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1261  Walter de stapledon: English bishop   

1459  Conrad celtes: German scholar   

1462  Johannes trithemius: German cryptographer   

1552  Edward coke: Mileham norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  Michael trumper: Composer   

1605  Isaac aboab de fonseca: Portuguese/neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  Gabriel schutz: Composer   

1635  Marquard gude: German archaeologist   

0656  Death of Sigebert iii: King of austrasia,   

1204  Death of Alexius iv angelus: Regent of byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  Hendrik ii: Duke of brabant (1235-48),   

1294  Louis ii: The stern, ruler of upper-bayern,   

1328  Charles iv: The handsome, king of france (1322-28),   

1502  Death of Olivier de la marche: Flemish writer/poet/governor,   

1542  Death of Girolamo aleandro: Italian catholic cardinal (b. 1480)   

1563  Death of Menas: Emperor of ethiopia (died of fever)