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 February - 01 sardinia & Austria sign alliance   

1743  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1747  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies on February - 01.   

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

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

1775  On this day in history 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  On this day in history first US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet   

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

1789  Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long on this day in history.   

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

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

1790  On February - 01 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 February - 01.   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

1801  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer on February - 01.   

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

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 February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

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

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  Michael Trumper, composer was born on February - 01.   

1605  On this day in history birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on February - 01.   

0656  On February - 01 sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25   

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

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  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.   

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

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)