Page 2: 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 this day in history.   

1742  On this day in history sardinia & Austria sign alliance   

1743  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 on February - 01.   

1747  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies on this day in history.   

1757  On February - 01 john P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)   

1763  Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America) on this day in history.   

1775  Peasants in Bohemia revolt against servitude on February - 01.   

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  William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history first US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet   

1788  1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet on this day in history.   

1789  Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long on this day in history.   

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

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 February - 01 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 this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen   

1795  On this day in history giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66   

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

1796  The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York on this day in history.   

1799  On February - 01 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  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer on February - 01.   

1801  Bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt on February - 01.   

1803  Yellow fever in United States on February - 01.   

1805  On February - 01 auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)   

1807  William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on February - 01.   

1809  Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system on this day in history.   

1810  First insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia) on February - 01.   

1810  Seville, Spain surrenders to the French on February - 01.   

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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  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  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  On February - 01 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 February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on this day in history.   

1294  On this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on February - 01.   

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