Page 2: Historical Events In February - 01

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

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

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1742  Sardinia & Austria sign alliance on February - 01.   

1743  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 on February - 01.   

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 February - 01.   

1763  On this day in history thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)   

1775  On this day in history 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 on February - 01.   

1783  William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex on February - 01.   

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

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

1789  On this day in history chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long   

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

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

1790  Supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York NY) on February - 01.   

1790  On this day in history supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)   

1791  Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder on this day in history.   

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

1793  On February - 01 patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen   

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

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

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  On February - 01 yellow fever in Spain   

1801  On February - 01 adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer   

1801  On this day in history bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt   

1803  Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)   

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

1809  On this day in history dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system   

1810  On February - 01 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 February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)   

1462  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

1552  On February - 01 birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

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 February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

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 February - 01.   

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

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.