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

1747  On this day in history jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies   

1757  John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden) on February - 01.   

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  British Major John Graves Simcoe leads 200 of his Rangers in a foray into New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War on this day in history.   

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

1789  On February - 01 chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long   

1789  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer on February - 01.   

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 February - 01.   

1793  Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen on February - 01.   

1795  Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66 on February - 01.   

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

1796  On February - 01 the capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.   

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  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  On this day in history yellow fever in United States   

1805  Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1810  On February - 01 first insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia)   

1810  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

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  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)   

0656  On this day in history sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25   

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

1502  On this day in history 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  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.