Page 5: Historical Events In February - 01

1861  Texas votes to secede from the Union on February - 01.   

1862  On February - 01 julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of the Republic"   

1862  Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic" on February - 01.   

1863  Fourth cholera pandemic in Middle East killing 600,000 people on February - 01.   

1864  On this day in history 2nd German-Danish war begins   

1864  Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein on February - 01.   

1864  Battle of Yazoo River, Mississippi on February - 01.   

1864  On February - 01 -Feb 8th] Battle of Yazoo River, MS   

1865  On this day in history 13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day)   

1865  On February - 01 general Sherman's march through South Carolina begins   

1865  JS Rock, first black lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar on February - 01.   

1865  Cholera in Egypt on February - 01.   

1866  On this day in history cholera in Russia, Germany   

1867  Bricklayers start working 8-hour days on this day in history.   

1867  Measles in Australia on this day in history.   

1867  Plague in Iraq on February - 01.   

1869  On February - 01 johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap)   

1869  Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1870  On February - 01 founding of the Quebec Provincial Police force.   

1870  On February - 01 smallpox in Germany   

1871  On February - 01 jefferson Long of Georgia is first black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)   

1871  On this day in history jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Reps (opposing leniency to former Confederates)   

1871  Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history the birth of Paul Fort, French poet.   

1872  Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose on February - 01.   

1873  On this day in history clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory)   

1873  On February - 01 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies   

1874  Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history eddie Pola, composer (Lullabye of Broadway)   

1875  On February - 01 william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58   

1875  Fiji Measles outbreak in Fiji killing 40,000 people on this day in history.   

1877  Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer on this day in history.   

1877  Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 on February - 01.   

1877  On this day in history plague in Russian Empire   

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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  On February - 01 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 February - 01 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 this day in history.   

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

1248  On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies   

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 February - 01.   

1502  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on February - 01.   

1542  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.