Page 2: Historical Events In February - 01

1720  On February - 01 sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty   

1732  Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions on February - 01.   

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

1742  On this day in history sardinia & Austria sign alliance   

1743  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1757  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history william Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex   

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

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

1789  Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long on February - 01.   

1789  On February - 01 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  On February - 01 supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)   

1791  On February - 01 charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

1793  On February - 01 france declares war on England & Netherlands   

1793  On February - 01 patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen   

1795  Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66 on February - 01.   

1796  On February - 01 capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York.   

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 this day in history yellow fever in Spain   

1801  On this day in history adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer   

1801  Bubonic plague in Ottoman Empire, Egypt on this day in history.   

1803  On February - 01 yellow fever in United States   

1805  On this day in history auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)   

1807  William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on this day in history.   

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

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

1810  Seville, Spain surrenders to the French on this day in history.   

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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  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on February - 01.   

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 February - 01 birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on February - 01.   

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  On this day in history 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 February - 01.   

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

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.