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 this day in history.   

1742  On February - 01 sardinia & Austria sign alliance   

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  On February - 01 john P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)   

1763  Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America) on February - 01.   

1775  Peasants in Bohemia revolt against servitude on February - 01.   

1780  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

1789  On February - 01 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  On this day in history charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

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

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

1795  On February - 01 giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66   

1796  Capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history 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 on February - 01.   

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  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  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  Seville, Spain surrenders to the French on February - 01.   

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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 this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

1552  On this day in history birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer   

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

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on February - 01.   

1635  On February - 01 birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1542  On this day in history death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)   

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