Page 2: Historical Events In February - 01

1720  Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty on February - 01.   

1732  Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions on February - 01.   

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on February - 01.   

1742  Sardinia & Austria sign alliance on this day in history.   

1743  On this day in history giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85   

1747  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies on this day in history.   

1757  John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden) on this day in history.   

1763  On February - 01 thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)   

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  On February - 01 william Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex   

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

1788  On this day in history 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet   

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

1789  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer on this day in history.   

1790  Supreme Court convenes for the first time on February - 01.   

1790  On February - 01 supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York NY)   

1790  Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC) on February - 01.   

1791  On this day in history charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

1793  On February - 01 france declares war on England & Netherlands   

1793  Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66   

1796  Capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York on February - 01.   

1796  The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York on February - 01.   

1799  Royal Assent given to change the name of Ile St. Jean (St. John's Island) to Prince Edward Island on February - 01.   

1800  Yellow fever in Spain on this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer   

1801  Bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt on February - 01.   

1803  On February - 01 yellow fever in United States   

1805  On February - 01 auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)   

1807  On this day in history william Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867   

1809  Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system on February - 01.   

1810  On this day in history first insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia)   

1810  On February - 01 seville, Spain surrenders to the French   

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1261  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer   

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on February - 01.   

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

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

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

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  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on this day in history.   

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)