526 Historic Events for February 1
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| 1709 |
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Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez
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| 1710 |
Birth |
Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)
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| 1717 |
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Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France
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| 1720 |
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Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty
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| 1732 |
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Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions
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| 1733 |
Death |
August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
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| 1742 |
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Sardinia and Austria sign alliance
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| 1743 |
Death |
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85
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| 1747 |
Death |
Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
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| 1757 |
Birth |
John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)
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| 1763 |
Birth |
Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)
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| 1783 |
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William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex
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| 1788 |
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1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet
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| 1789 |
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Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
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| 1789 |
Birth |
Hippolyte-Andr‚-Baptiste Chelard, composer
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| 1790 |
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Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)
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| 1791 |
Birth |
Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder
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| 1793 |
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Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk and linen
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| 1793 |
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France declares war on England and Netherlands
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| 1795 |
Death |
Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66
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| 1801 |
Birth |
Thomas Cole, US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)
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| 1801 |
Birth |
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer
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| 1805 |
Birth |
Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)
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| 1807 |
Birth |
Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (M‚moire sur lesson Olim)
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| 1807 |
Birth |
William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
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