Historical Events In February - 01

1837  Typhus in United States on this day in history.   

1837  On February - 01 38 smallpox epidemic in Great Plains killing 17,000+ people   

1838  Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1839  James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak) on February - 01.   

1839  Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history the first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD.   

1840  On February - 01 baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated   

1841  William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)   

1846  On this day in history theophile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation   

1850  On February - 01 edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln   

1850  On this day in history yellow fever in United States   

1850  Influenza in North America on February - 01.   

1851  Anti-transportation groups meet in Melbourne to lobby for permanent end to shipping of convicts to eastern Australian colonies on February - 01.   

1851  Death of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, British author of Frankenstein on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, dies at age 53.   

1851  On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53   

1851  On February - 01 cholera in United States   

1852  Yellow fever in United States on February - 01.   

1852  On this day in history yellow fever in Argentina   

1853  Plague in Ottoman Empire on this day in history.   

1853  Cholera epidemic of Copenhagen 1853 in Copenhagen, Denmark killing 4,737 people on this day in history.   

1854  Fire destroys Parliament Buildings at Quebec; government transfers to Toronto; hastens the decision to move to Ottawa on February - 01.   

1854  Broad Street cholera outbreak in England killing 616 people on this day in history.   

1855  Yellow fever in United States on February - 01.   

1855  On February - 01 third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people   

1856  Auburn University is chartered as the East Alabama Male College on this day in history.   

1857  Yellow fever in Portugal on this day in history.   

1857  Smallpox in Victoria, Australia on February - 01.   

1857  On February - 01 influenza in Europe, North America, South America   

1858  On February - 01 douglas Law goes into effect in British Columbia; miners required to buy licenses to search for gold in the Fraser Valley.   

1859  On this day in history victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)   

1860  On February - 01 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC   

1861  On February - 01 dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands   

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1261  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

1459  On this day in history birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)   

1462  On this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 01.   

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on February - 01.   

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 01.   

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