Historical Events In February - 01

1720  Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty on February - 01.   

1732  On this day in history parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions   

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on February - 01.   

1742  On February - 01 sardinia & Austria sign alliance   

1743  On this day in history giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85   

1747  On February - 01 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 this day in history 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  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 February - 01.   

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

1789  On this day in history chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long   

1789  On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer   

1790  On this day in history supreme Court convenes for the first time   

1790  On this day in history supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York NY)   

1790  Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC) on February - 01.   

1791  Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder on February - 01.   

1793  On this day in history france declares war on England & Netherlands   

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 February - 01.   

1796  On February - 01 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 February - 01.   

1801  On this day in history adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer   

1801  On February - 01 bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt   

1803  Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.   

1805  Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader) on February - 01.   

1807  On February - 01 william Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867   

1809  On February - 01 dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system   

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

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  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  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on this day in history.   

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on this day in history.   

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on February - 01.   

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

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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