Page 2: Historical Events In February - 01

1720  On February - 01 sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty   

1732  On February - 01 parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions   

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

1742  On this day in history sardinia & Austria sign alliance   

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

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

1757  On this day in history john P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)   

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

1788  First US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet on this day in history.   

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  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  On February - 01 charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

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

1803  On this day in history yellow fever in United States   

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

1807  William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on this day in history.   

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

1810  First insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia) on February - 01.   

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  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on February - 01.   

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  On this day in history hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies   

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

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 February - 01.   

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1563  On this day in history death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)