Historical Events In February - 01

1910  On this day in history h Stanley Cayzer   

1910  Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1913  Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] Censors appointed   

1914  On this day in history tanganyika Railway opens   

1914  On this day in history nY Giants & Chic White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt   

1915  On February - 01 stanley Matthews, 1st British soccer player to be knighted   

1916  SS Empress Queen, stranded in fog off Bembridge, Isle of Wight, where she later broke up. Although there were 1300 troops on board all were got off on this day in history.   

1916  Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire) on February - 01.   

1916  On February - 01 anton Simon, composer, dies at 65   

1917  On this day in history admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war   

1918  Russia adopts Gregorian calendar (becomes Feb 14) on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history the French ship LaDive is torpedoed in the Mediterranean.   

1918  On this day in history franz Lehars opera "Wo die Lerche singt," premieres in Budapest   

1918  On this day in history maurice Laing, life president (John Laing)   

1919  On February - 01 dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert   

1920  Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police on this day in history.   

1920  The first commercial armored car introduced (St Paul MN) on February - 01.   

1920  1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn) on this day in history.   

1920  Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman on February - 01.   

1921  Peter Sallis, actor (Tast the Blood of Dracula) on February - 01.   

1922  On this day in history bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski, professor of Cushtic Languages   

1922  William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1923  On February - 01 allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel   

1923  On this day in history fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini   

1924  Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens on February - 01.   

1924  On February - 01 new British MacDonald government recognizes USSR   

1925  1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkämpferbund in Berlin on February - 01.   

1926  On February - 01 kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR   

1926  On this day in history land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per square inch   

1929  1st clean & jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402½ lbs on February - 01.   

1929  August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1930  On February - 01 arnold Schönbergs opera premieres in Frankfurt   

1930  On this day in history arnold Schönbergs opera, Von heute auf Morgen premieres in Frankfurt   

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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  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on this day in history.   

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

1603  On this day in history birth of michael Trumper, composer   

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  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 February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

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

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

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.   

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)